URI vs. PWR, MLM, WY, VMC, ROL, NVR, HWM, LEN, PHM, and OTIS
Should you be buying United Rentals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Rentals include Quanta Services (PWR), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Rollins (ROL), NVR (NVR), Howmet Aerospace (HWM), Lennar (LEN), PulteGroup (PHM), and Otis Worldwide (OTIS). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
United Rentals vs.
Quanta Services (NYSE:PWR) and United Rentals (NYSE:URI) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership.
Quanta Services pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. United Rentals pays an annual dividend of $5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Quanta Services pays out 9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Rentals pays out 19.0% 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. Quanta Services has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
89.3% of Quanta Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of United Rentals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Quanta Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of United Rentals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Quanta Services had 5 more articles in the media than United Rentals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Quanta Services and 5 mentions for United Rentals. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Quanta Services' score of 0.68 indicating that United Rentals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Quanta Services currently has a consensus target price of $177.91, suggesting a potential upside of 2.25%. United Rentals has a consensus target price of $421.08, suggesting a potential upside of 19.98%. Given United Rentals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Rentals is more favorable than Quanta Services.
Quanta Services has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Rentals has a beta of 1.81, suggesting that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Rentals has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Quanta Services' net margin of 2.86%. United Rentals' return on equity of 36.77% beat Quanta Services' return on equity.
United Rentals has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quanta Services. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quanta Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Rentals received 187 more outperform votes than Quanta Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.56% of users gave Quanta Services an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave United Rentals an outperform vote.
Summary
United Rentals beats Quanta Services on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding URI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This 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.
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