U-Haul (UHALB) Competitors

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico (NYSE:PAC) and U-Haul (NASDAQ:UHALB) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PAC or UHALB?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico received 257 more outperform votes than U-Haul when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	Outperform Votes 257 53.21%	Underperform Votes 226 46.79%
U-Haul	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in PAC or UHALB?

11.7% of Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.7% of U-Haul shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is PAC or UHALB more profitable?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico has a net margin of 25.64% compared to U-Haul's net margin of 6.30%. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico's return on equity of 37.67% beat U-Haul's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	25.64%	37.67%	11.28%
U-Haul	6.30%	4.80%	1.79%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PAC or UHALB?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico has higher earnings, but lower revenue than U-Haul. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than U-Haul, 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
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	$1.84B	6.12	$472.81M	$9.49	23.52
U-Haul	$5.83B	N/A	$367.09M	$1.75	31.57

Does the media prefer PAC or UHALB?

In the previous week, Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico had 7 more articles in the media than U-Haul. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico and 1 mentions for U-Haul. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat U-Haul's score of 0.00 indicating that Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
U-Haul	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer PAC or UHALB?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico currently has a consensus price target of $200.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.40%. Given Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico is more favorable than U-Haul.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
U-Haul	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is PAC or UHALB a better dividend stock?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. U-Haul pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico pays out 40.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. U-Haul pays out 11.4% 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.

Summary

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico beats U-Haul on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.