PACCAR - PCAR Competitors

Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) and PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is HMC or PCAR a better dividend stock?

Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Honda Motor pays out 23.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PACCAR pays out 17.4% 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. PACCAR has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.

Is HMC or PCAR more profitable?

PACCAR has a net margin of 10.45% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 4.22%. PACCAR's return on equity of 23.75% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Honda Motor	4.22%	6.01%	2.76%
PACCAR	10.45%	23.75%	9.63%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in HMC or PCAR?

5.5% of Honda Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.9% of PACCAR shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of PACCAR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HMC or PCAR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Honda Motor	$129.64 billion	0.34	$6.29 billion	$3.12	8.38
PACCAR	$28.82 billion	1.31	$3.01 billion	$5.76	12.56

Which has more risk and volatility, HMC or PCAR?

Honda Motor has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PACCAR has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend HMC or PCAR?

Honda Motor currently has a consensus target price of $31.51, suggesting a potential upside of 20.59%. PACCAR has a consensus target price of $50.44, suggesting a potential downside of 30.28%. Given Honda Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Honda Motor is more favorable than PACCAR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Honda Motor	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
PACCAR	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Does the media favor HMC or PCAR?

In the previous week, Honda Motor had 3 more articles in the media than PACCAR. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Honda Motor and 4 mentions for PACCAR. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat PACCAR's score of 0.41 indicating that Honda Motor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Honda Motor	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
PACCAR	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HMC or PCAR?

PACCAR received 165 more outperform votes than Honda Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.31% of users gave Honda Motor an outperform vote while only 53.82% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Honda Motor	Outperform Votes 385 61.31%	Underperform Votes 243 38.69%
PACCAR	Outperform Votes 550 53.82%	Underperform Votes 472 46.18%

Summary

PACCAR beats Honda Motor on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.