U-Haul (UHALB) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in UHALB or PAC?

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

Do analysts rate UHALB or PAC?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico has a consensus target price of $200.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.39%. Given Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico is more favorable than U-Haul.

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

Is UHALB or PAC 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
U-Haul	6.30%	4.80%	1.79%
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	25.64%	37.67%	11.28%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UHALB or PAC?

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

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

Is UHALB or PAC a better dividend stock?

U-Haul pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico pays an annual dividend of $3.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. U-Haul pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico pays out 40.9% 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.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, UHALB or PAC?

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
U-Haul	$5.83B	N/A	$367.09M	$1.75	31.22
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	$1.84B	5.92	$472.81M	$9.49	22.76

Does the media refer more to UHALB or PAC?

In the previous week, U-Haul had 1 more articles in the media than Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for U-Haul and 2 mentions for Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico. Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat U-Haul's score of 0.10 indicating that Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
U-Haul	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Grupo Aeroportuario Del Pacifico beats U-Haul on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.