Air Lease (AL) Competitors

Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and Air Lease (NYSE:AL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, WSO or AL?

Watsco has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Lease has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WSO or AL a better dividend stock?

Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Watsco pays out 92.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Air Lease pays out 15.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Air Lease has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate WSO or AL?

Watsco currently has a consensus price target of $486.67, indicating a potential upside of 9.81%. Air Lease has a consensus price target of $57.43, indicating a potential downside of 0.12%. Given Watsco's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Watsco is more favorable than Air Lease.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Watsco	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14
Air Lease	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is WSO or AL more profitable?

Air Lease has a net margin of 15.65% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.04%. Watsco's return on equity of 17.59% beat Air Lease's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Watsco	7.04%	17.59%	12.09%
Air Lease	15.65%	8.01%	1.89%

Does the media favor WSO or AL?

In the previous week, Air Lease had 3 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Air Lease and 7 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Air Lease's score of 1.28 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Watsco	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Air Lease	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WSO or AL?

89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Air Lease shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Air Lease shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WSO or AL?

Air Lease received 250 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.31% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 54.92% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Watsco	Outperform Votes 335 54.92%	Underperform Votes 275 45.08%
Air Lease	Outperform Votes 585 73.31%	Underperform Votes 213 26.69%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WSO or AL?

Watsco has higher revenue and earnings than Air Lease. Air Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, 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
Watsco	$7.58B	2.37	$536.34M	$13.01	34.07
Air Lease	$2.81B	2.29	$427.70M	$5.72	10.05

Summary

Watsco beats Air Lease on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.