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).
PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
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.
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.
PACCAR has a net margin of 14.30% compared to General Motors' net margin of 6.13%. PACCAR's return on equity of 31.71% beat General Motors' return on equity.
PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. PACCAR pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 5.9% 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.
In the previous week, General Motors had 19 more articles in the media than PACCAR. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for General Motors and 8 mentions for PACCAR. PACCAR's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat General Motors' score of 0.43 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PACCAR presently has a consensus target price of $112.62, suggesting a potential upside of 4.76%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $54.65, suggesting a potential upside of 21.41%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than PACCAR.
PACCAR has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PACCAR shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
General Motors beats PACCAR on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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