CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH) Competitors

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (NYSE:CNH) and PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Is CNH or PCAR a better dividend stock?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PACCAR pays out 20.0% 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. PACCAR has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CNH or PCAR?

59.9% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PACCAR 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.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CNH or PCAR?

PACCAR has higher revenue and earnings than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. PACCAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign, 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
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	$18.85B	0.86	$1.25B	$0.82	15.74
PACCAR	$32.36B	1.53	$4.16B	$6.60	14.29

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNH or PCAR?

PACCAR received 457 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.39% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote while only 52.67% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Outperform Votes 125 60.39%	Underperform Votes 82 39.61%
PACCAR	Outperform Votes 582 52.67%	Underperform Votes 523 47.33%

Do analysts prefer CNH or PCAR?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign presently has a consensus target price of $15.08, indicating a potential upside of 16.85%. PACCAR has a consensus target price of $104.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.39%. Given CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is more favorable than PACCAR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
PACCAR	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the media refer more to CNH or PCAR?

In the previous week, PACCAR had 5 more articles in the media than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for PACCAR and 7 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat PACCAR's score of 0.61 indicating that CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
PACCAR	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CNH or PCAR more profitable?

PACCAR has a net margin of 12.36% compared to CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's net margin of 6.62%. PACCAR's return on equity of 23.53% beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6.62%	18.00%	3.13%
PACCAR	12.36%	23.53%	9.89%

Which has more risk and volatility, CNH or PCAR?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PACCAR has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

PACCAR beats CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.