GE vs. UNP, UPS, CNI, CP, CSX, FDX, NSC, ODFL, RYAAY, and DAL
Should you be buying General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Electric include Union Pacific (UNP), United Parcel Service (UPS), Canadian National Railway (CNI), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP), CSX (CSX), FedEx (FDX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Ryanair (RYAAY), and Delta Air Lines (DAL). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Union Pacific has a net margin of 26.45% compared to General Electric's net margin of 13.95%. Union Pacific's return on equity of 46.87% beat General Electric's return on equity.
General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. General Electric pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Pacific pays out 49.7% 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.
General Electric currently has a consensus target price of $160.07, suggesting a potential upside of 6.10%. Union Pacific has a consensus target price of $253.48, suggesting a potential upside of 9.10%. Given Union Pacific's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Union Pacific is more favorable than General Electric.
General Electric has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Pacific has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Electric had 5 more articles in the media than Union Pacific. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for General Electric and 19 mentions for Union Pacific. General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Union Pacific's score of 0.59 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
General Electric received 882 more outperform votes than Union Pacific when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.27% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 70.20% of users gave Union Pacific an outperform vote.
74.8% of General Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Union Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Union Pacific shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Union Pacific. General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Union Pacific, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
General Electric and Union Pacific tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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