WAB vs. DE, PCAR, CMI, CNH, AGCO, TTC, OSK, FSS, TEX, and ALG
Should you be buying Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies include Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), AGCO (AGCO), Toro (TTC), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), and Alamo Group (ALG). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies vs.
Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
68.6% of Deere & Company shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Deere & Company shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by company 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, Deere & Company had 72 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 99 mentions for Deere & Company and 27 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Deere & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.24 indicating that Deere & Company is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Deere & Company pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Deere & Company pays out 31.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 15.7% 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. Deere & Company has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Deere & Company has a net margin of 12.94% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 10.17%. Deere & Company's return on equity of 27.31% beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity.
Deere & Company has higher revenue and earnings than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Deere & Company is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Deere & Company has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Deere & Company received 690 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.07% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote while only 64.30% of users gave Deere & Company an outperform vote.
Deere & Company presently has a consensus target price of $516.75, indicating a potential downside of 0.25%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus target price of $211.83, indicating a potential upside of 5.35%. Given Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is more favorable than Deere & Company.
Summary
Deere & Company and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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