Otis Worldwide (OTIS) Competitors

Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) and GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Is OTIS or GEV a better dividend stock?

Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. GE Vernova pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Otis Worldwide pays out 44.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Vernova pays out 14.4% 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.

Does the media prefer OTIS or GEV?

In the previous week, GE Vernova had 21 more articles in the media than Otis Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for GE Vernova and 30 mentions for Otis Worldwide. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Otis Worldwide's score of 1.16 indicating that GE Vernova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Otis Worldwide	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Vernova	41 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, OTIS or GEV?

Otis Worldwide has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Otis Worldwide	$14.17B	2.73	$1.65B	$3.81	25.74
GE Vernova	$35.71B	3.50	$1.55B	$6.94	66.01

Is OTIS or GEV more profitable?

Otis Worldwide has a net margin of 11.53% compared to GE Vernova's net margin of 4.44%. GE Vernova's return on equity of 6.70% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Otis Worldwide	11.53%	-31.76%	15.02%
GE Vernova	4.44%	6.70%	1.39%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OTIS or GEV?

88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Vernova shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend OTIS or GEV?

Otis Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $100.71, indicating a potential upside of 2.68%. GE Vernova has a consensus target price of $374.62, indicating a potential downside of 18.22%. Given Otis Worldwide's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than GE Vernova.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Otis Worldwide	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.86
GE Vernova	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OTIS or GEV?

GE Vernova received 83 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 85.83% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 19.42% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Otis Worldwide	Outperform Votes 20 19.42%	Underperform Votes 83 80.58%
GE Vernova	Outperform Votes 103 85.83%	Underperform Votes 17 14.17%

Summary

GE Vernova beats Otis Worldwide on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.