LEN vs. OTIS, DHI, PWR, CRH, HWM, NVR, WY, PHM, ROL, and WSO.B
Should you be buying Lennar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennar include Otis Worldwide (OTIS), D.R. Horton (DHI), Quanta Services (PWR), CRH (CRH), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), NVR (NVR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), PulteGroup (PHM), Rollins (ROL), and Watsco (WSO.B). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) and Lennar (NYSE:LEN) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Lennar had 11 more articles in the media than Otis Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Lennar and 17 mentions for Otis Worldwide. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Lennar's score of 0.12 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lennar has a net margin of 11.59% compared to Lennar's net margin of 9.90%. Otis Worldwide's return on equity of 15.90% beat Lennar's return on equity.
88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Otis Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $94.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.76%. Lennar has a consensus price target of $163.88, indicating a potential upside of 7.42%. Given Otis Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lennar is more favorable than Otis Worldwide.
Lennar has higher revenue and earnings than Otis Worldwide. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Otis Worldwide, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Otis Worldwide pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 14.0% 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. Otis Worldwide has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Lennar has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Otis Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Lennar received 848 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.33% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 22.08% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.
Summary
Lennar beats Otis Worldwide on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Lennar News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for LEN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LEN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartThis chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Related Companies and Tools