OTIS vs. GEV, ABBNY, RRX, CAE, BE, NOVT, QS, ATKR, ENVX, and ENR
Should you be buying Otis Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Otis Worldwide include GE Vernova (GEV), ABB (ABBNY), Regal Rexnord (RRX), CAE (CAE), Bloom Energy (BE), Novanta (NOVT), QuantumScape (QS), Atkore (ATKR), Enovix (ENVX), and Energizer (ENR). These companies are all part of the "electrical equipment" industry.
Otis Worldwide vs. Its Competitors
GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap electrical equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Vernova shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by 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 has a net margin of 10.83% compared to GE Vernova's net margin of 5.42%. GE Vernova's return on equity of 10.10% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.
GE Vernova pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. GE Vernova pays out 14.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otis Worldwide pays out 44.1% 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 increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Otis Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
GE Vernova has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, GE Vernova had 37 more articles in the media than Otis Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for GE Vernova and 22 mentions for Otis Worldwide. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Otis Worldwide's score of 0.85 indicating that GE Vernova is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Otis Worldwide has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GE Vernova. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Vernova, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GE Vernova presently has a consensus target price of $440.04, suggesting a potential downside of 14.94%. Otis Worldwide has a consensus target price of $101.43, suggesting a potential upside of 1.93%. Given Otis Worldwide's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than GE Vernova.
Summary
GE Vernova beats Otis Worldwide on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:OTIS) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
