AL vs. AIT, BECN, WCC, GATX, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, DXPE, MRC, and WLFC
Should you be buying Air Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Lease include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), WESCO International (WCC), GATX (GATX), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), and Willis Lease Finance (WLFC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Air Lease vs.
Air Lease (NYSE:AL) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Air Lease has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Air Lease has a net margin of 15.65% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.62%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.37% beat Air Lease's return on equity.
Air Lease has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Applied Industrial Technologies. Air Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Air Lease received 317 more outperform votes than Applied Industrial Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.24% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 59.51% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote.
Air Lease currently has a consensus target price of $55.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.84%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus target price of $287.14, indicating a potential upside of 18.13%. Given Air Lease's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Air Lease is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
94.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Air Lease pays out 26.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.6% 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. Air Lease has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 16 more articles in the media than Air Lease. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 9 mentions for Air Lease. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Air Lease's score of 1.24 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Air Lease on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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