PCAR vs. GM, F, LI, XPEV, CAT, DE, CMI, WAB, TTC, and AGCO
Should you be buying PACCAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PACCAR include General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Li Auto (LI), XPeng (XPEV), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), Cummins (CMI), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Toro (TTC), and AGCO (AGCO).
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.
General Motors has higher revenue and earnings than PACCAR. General Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PACCAR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.7% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of PACCAR shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PACCAR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. General Motors pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PACCAR pays out 12.4% 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. General Motors has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and PACCAR has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. PACCAR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
General Motors received 947 more outperform votes than PACCAR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.36% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 53.55% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.
PACCAR has a net margin of 14.30% compared to PACCAR's net margin of 6.13%. General Motors' return on equity of 31.71% beat PACCAR's return on equity.
General Motors currently has a consensus target price of $54.65, indicating a potential upside of 21.47%. PACCAR has a consensus target price of $112.62, indicating a potential upside of 4.76%. Given PACCAR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than PACCAR.
In the previous week, General Motors had 18 more articles in the media than PACCAR. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for General Motors and 8 mentions for PACCAR. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat PACCAR's score of 0.43 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Motors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PACCAR has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
General Motors beats PACCAR on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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