PCAR vs. HMC, F, GM, LI, STLA, NIO, LCID, RIVN, CMI, and GPC
Should you be buying PACCAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PACCAR include Honda Motor (HMC), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Li Auto (LI), Stellantis (STLA), NIO (NIO), Lucid Group (LCID), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Cummins (CMI), and Genuine Parts (GPC). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
PACCAR vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
PACCAR beats Honda Motor on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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