PCAR vs. HMC, F, GM, RACE, LI, STLA, CMI, MBLY, GPC, and MGA
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), Ferrari (RACE), Li Auto (LI), Stellantis (STLA), Cummins (CMI), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Genuine Parts (GPC), and Magna International (MGA). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) and Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
65.7% of PACCAR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Honda Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of PACCAR shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Honda Motor had 13 more articles in the media than PACCAR. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Honda Motor and 22 mentions for PACCAR. PACCAR's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Honda Motor's score of 0.16 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PACCAR pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honda Motor pays out 21.2% 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 a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honda Motor has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
PACCAR has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 5.05%. PACCAR's return on equity of 33.17% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.
PACCAR presently has a consensus target price of $108.35, suggesting a potential downside of 9.90%. Given PACCAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PACCAR is more favorable than Honda Motor.
PACCAR received 173 more outperform votes than Honda Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.42% of users gave Honda Motor an outperform vote while only 53.62% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.
Summary
PACCAR beats Honda Motor on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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