PCAR vs. HMC, GM, F, STLA, LI, CMI, GPC, OSK, NIO, and RIVN
Should you be buying PACCAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PACCAR include Honda Motor (HMC), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), Cummins (CMI), Genuine Parts (GPC), Oshkosh (OSK), NIO (NIO), and Rivian Automotive (RIVN). 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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
PACCAR has a net margin of 14.30% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 5.05%. PACCAR's return on equity of 31.71% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.
PACCAR has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honda Motor has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PACCAR currently has a consensus target price of $112.62, suggesting a potential upside of 3.22%. Given PACCAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe PACCAR is more favorable than Honda Motor.
PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. PACCAR pays out 11.2% 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 received 175 more outperform votes than Honda Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.42% of users gave Honda Motor an outperform vote while only 53.55% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.
64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.3% of Honda Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PACCAR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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.
In the previous week, PACCAR had 7 more articles in the media than Honda Motor. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for PACCAR and 8 mentions for Honda Motor. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat PACCAR's score of 0.92 indicating that Honda Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PACCAR beats Honda Motor on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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