OTIS vs. MLM, PWR, LEN, URI, VMC, DHI, HWM, NVR, CRH, and PHM
Should you be buying Otis Worldwide stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Otis Worldwide include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Quanta Services (PWR), Lennar (LEN), United Rentals (URI), Vulcan Materials (VMC), D.R. Horton (DHI), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), NVR (NVR), CRH (CRH), and PulteGroup (PHM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Otis Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Martin Marietta Materials. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Martin Marietta Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 17.25% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 9.90%. Otis Worldwide's return on equity of 15.77% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.
Martin Marietta Materials received 465 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote while only 21.79% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.
Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 15.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otis Worldwide pays out 40.1% 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. Martin Marietta Materials has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Otis Worldwide has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 38 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 6 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.41 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Martin Marietta Materials 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Martin Marietta Materials presently has a consensus target price of $588.69, indicating a potential upside of 0.73%. Otis Worldwide has a consensus target price of $95.50, indicating a potential upside of 2.36%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.
Summary
Martin Marietta Materials beats Otis Worldwide on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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