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$101.57 +0.14 (+0.14%)
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PCAR vs. FELE, TSLA, CAT, CMI, GM, ITT, ITW, OSK, PH, and WAB

Should you be buying PACCAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PACCAR include Franklin Electric (FELE), Tesla (TSLA), Caterpillar (CAT), Cummins (CMI), General Motors (GM), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Oshkosh (OSK), Parker-Hannifin (PH), and Wabtec (WAB).

PACCAR vs. Its Competitors

Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) and PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PACCAR has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PACCAR pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and PACCAR has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. PACCAR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus price target of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.19%. PACCAR has a consensus price target of $106.45, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. Given PACCAR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PACCAR is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
PACCAR
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42

In the previous week, PACCAR had 41 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for PACCAR and 2 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.85 beat PACCAR's score of 0.82 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Franklin Electric
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
PACCAR
17 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

PACCAR has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. PACCAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.10$180.31M$3.8224.32
PACCAR$31.10B1.71$4.16B$5.8417.39

PACCAR has a net margin of 9.88% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. PACCAR's return on equity of 18.25% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72%
PACCAR 9.88%18.25%7.69%

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PACCAR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

PACCAR beats Franklin Electric on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PCAR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PCAR vs. The Competition

MetricPACCARAUTO IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$53.25B$47.01B$18.25B$9.50B
Dividend Yield1.31%3.23%2.84%4.01%
P/E Ratio17.3922.2124.3920.06
Price / Sales1.7135.4618.7089.33
Price / Cash11.3616.2417.4758.56
Price / Book2.824.032.915.87
Net Income$4.16B$542.77M$812.99M$258.55M
7 Day Performance8.42%-0.34%2.64%3.73%
1 Month Performance7.05%10.12%10.90%11.75%
1 Year Performance2.35%-32.58%1.99%18.02%

PACCAR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCAR
PACCAR
4.359 of 5 stars
$101.57
+0.1%
$106.45
+4.8%
+4.1%$53.25B$31.10B17.3930,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.3614 of 5 stars
$90.32
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.1%
-10.5%$4.12B$2.02B23.646,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TSLA
Tesla
4.6215 of 5 stars
$328.49
-0.4%
$298.97
-9.0%
+43.5%$1.06T$97.69B180.49125,665Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CAT
Caterpillar
4.7109 of 5 stars
$409.94
-0.5%
$415.53
+1.4%
+26.0%$193.10B$64.81B19.98112,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CMI
Cummins
4.8495 of 5 stars
$344.87
-1.6%
$361.92
+4.9%
+30.4%$47.51B$34.10B17.1669,600Positive News
GM
General Motors
4.0208 of 5 stars
$53.25
+0.0%
$56.05
+5.3%
+21.0%$51.19B$187.44B7.67162,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5943 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+16.3%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5348 of 5 stars
$254.59
-0.2%
$255.67
+0.4%
+7.4%$74.60B$15.90B22.3944,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OSK
Oshkosh
4.4367 of 5 stars
$122.58
-0.6%
$126.85
+3.5%
+13.2%$7.89B$10.76B13.1018,500News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.2186 of 5 stars
$711.82
-1.5%
$739.59
+3.9%
+35.4%$90.96B$19.93B27.4161,120Positive News
WAB
Wabtec
3.8721 of 5 stars
$210.00
-0.9%
$216.83
+3.3%
+23.9%$35.94B$10.39B32.9229,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:PCAR) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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