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CMI vs. CAT, DE, PCAR, WAB, CNH, AGCO, TTC, OSK, FSS, and TEX

Should you be buying Cummins stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cummins include Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), AGCO (AGCO), Toro (TTC), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), and Terex (TEX). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Cummins vs.

Cummins (NYSE:CMI) and Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Cummins presently has a consensus price target of $352.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.55%. Caterpillar has a consensus price target of $375.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.78%. Given Cummins' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cummins is more favorable than Caterpillar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cummins
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
Caterpillar
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Cummins has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Caterpillar has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Caterpillar has a net margin of 16.65% compared to Cummins' net margin of 11.57%. Caterpillar's return on equity of 58.18% beat Cummins' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cummins11.57% 27.12% 9.27%
Caterpillar 16.65%58.18%12.57%

In the previous week, Caterpillar had 27 more articles in the media than Cummins. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Caterpillar and 42 mentions for Cummins. Caterpillar's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Cummins' score of 0.93 indicating that Caterpillar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cummins
25 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Caterpillar
41 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Caterpillar has higher revenue and earnings than Cummins. Cummins is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caterpillar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cummins$33.87B1.31$3.95B$20.1015.99
Caterpillar$63.26B2.57$10.79B$20.5216.81

83.5% of Cummins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Caterpillar shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Cummins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Caterpillar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Caterpillar received 415 more outperform votes than Cummins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.19% of users gave Caterpillar an outperform vote while only 62.18% of users gave Cummins an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CumminsOutperform Votes
804
62.18%
Underperform Votes
489
37.82%
CaterpillarOutperform Votes
1219
62.19%
Underperform Votes
741
37.81%

Cummins pays an annual dividend of $7.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $5.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Cummins pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Caterpillar pays out 27.5% 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. Cummins has increased its dividend for 19 consecutive years and Caterpillar has increased its dividend for 30 consecutive years.

Summary

Caterpillar beats Cummins on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CMI vs. The Competition

MetricCumminsEngines & turbines IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$44.28B$4.76B$18.79B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.20%2.56%2.95%3.84%
P/E Ratio11.4112.7419.4634.53
Price / Sales1.312.008.6534.83
Price / Cash13.0612.8710.9417.51
Price / Book3.912.421.904.69
Net Income$3.95B$320.99M$1.41B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.18%1.49%-2.20%-1.74%
1 Month Performance15.33%24.69%10.02%7.50%
1 Year Performance12.01%86.87%-6.81%4.15%

Cummins Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMI
Cummins
4.6626 of 5 stars
$321.48
-0.5%
$352.17
+9.5%
+13.0%$44.28B$33.87B11.4173,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CAT
Caterpillar
4.7919 of 5 stars
$351.77
-0.5%
$375.33
+6.7%
-4.6%$165.70B$63.26B15.94109,100Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DE
Deere & Company
4.4612 of 5 stars
$529.81
-0.3%
$513.00
-3.2%
+33.2%$143.80B$46.93B23.4882,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PCAR
PACCAR
4.6652 of 5 stars
$96.79
+0.1%
$104.14
+7.6%
-10.7%$50.81B$32.36B12.2431,100Analyst Forecast
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
3.3692 of 5 stars
$206.93
+0.6%
$211.83
+2.4%
+18.0%$35.41B$10.50B34.3227,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
CNH
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign
4.6089 of 5 stars
$13.66
-0.1%
$14.92
+9.2%
N/A$17.07B$18.85B13.2671,900News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AGCO
AGCO
4.2008 of 5 stars
$107.14
-1.2%
$103.30
-3.6%
-5.8%$7.99B$10.78B-18.8325,600Positive News
Analyst Revision
TTC
Toro
3.3235 of 5 stars
$76.87
-1.2%
$89.75
+16.8%
-13.2%$7.67B$4.58B19.1711,300News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OSK
Oshkosh
4.7056 of 5 stars
$102.47
+0.3%
$114.93
+12.2%
-16.8%$6.60B$10.50B9.9015,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FSS
Federal Signal
1.7537 of 5 stars
$95.77
+0.4%
$98.00
+2.3%
+7.8%$5.84B$1.90B27.764,100Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.5428 of 5 stars
$48.25
+0.5%
$49.40
+2.4%
-26.6%$3.20B$5.06B9.739,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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