Otis Worldwide (OTIS) Competitors

ABB (NYSE:ABBNY) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer ABBNY or OTIS?

Otis Worldwide has a consensus target price of $104.57, indicating a potential upside of 3.95%. Given Otis Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than ABB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABB	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Otis Worldwide	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10

Does the media favor ABBNY or OTIS?

In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 18 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 0 mentions for ABB. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat ABB's score of 0.00 indicating that Otis Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ABB	Neutral
Otis Worldwide	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABBNY or OTIS?

ABB received 674 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.66% of users gave ABB an outperform vote while only 20.88% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.66%	Underperform Votes 413 37.34%
Otis Worldwide	Outperform Votes 19 20.88%	Underperform Votes 72 79.12%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ABBNY or OTIS?

1.1% of ABB shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of ABB shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ABBNY or OTIS more profitable?

ABB has a net margin of 11.90% compared to Otis Worldwide's net margin of 11.48%. ABB's return on equity of 27.58% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ABB	11.90%	27.58%	9.56%
Otis Worldwide	11.48%	-31.28%	15.29%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ABBNY or OTIS?

ABB has higher revenue and earnings than Otis Worldwide. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ABB, 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
ABB	$32.24B	3.35	$3.75B	$2.09	27.75
Otis Worldwide	$14.21B	2.83	$1.41B	$4.01	25.09

Is ABBNY or OTIS a better dividend stock?

ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ABB pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otis Worldwide pays out 38.9% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, ABBNY or OTIS?

ABB has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ABB beats Otis Worldwide on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.