WAB vs. DAL, JBHT, RYAAY, EXPD, LUV, SAIA, XPO, UAL, UHAL, and TFII
Should you be buying Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies include Delta Air Lines (DAL), J.B. Hunt Transport Services (JBHT), Ryanair (RYAAY), Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Saia (SAIA), XPO (XPO), United Airlines (UAL), U-Haul (UHAL), and TFI International (TFII). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
Delta Air Lines has higher revenue and earnings than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Delta Air Lines 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.
Delta Air Lines pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Delta Air Lines pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 17.7% 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. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Delta Air Lines is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Delta Air Lines had 25 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Delta Air Lines and 13 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Delta Air Lines' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.43 indicating that Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Delta Air Lines has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Delta Air Lines received 754 more outperform votes than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.26% of users gave Delta Air Lines an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote.
Delta Air Lines presently has a consensus target price of $55.54, suggesting a potential upside of 28.53%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus target price of $145.20, suggesting a potential upside of 2.73%. Given Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Delta Air Lines is more favorable than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.
71.3% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Delta Air Lines shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 7.94%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity of 46.35% beat Delta Air Lines' return on equity.
Summary
Delta Air Lines beats Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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