AL vs. WSO, WCC, AIT, BECN, MSM, GATX, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, and BXC
Should you be buying Air Lease stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Air Lease include Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), GATX (GATX), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), and BlueLinx (BXC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and Air Lease (NYSE:AL) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Air Lease pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Air Lease pays out 16.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and Air Lease has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
Watsco presently has a consensus price target of $404.25, suggesting a potential downside of 14.88%. Air Lease has a consensus price target of $53.80, suggesting a potential upside of 12.98%. Given Watsco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Air Lease is more favorable than Watsco.
Air Lease received 247 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.22% of users gave Air Lease an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.9% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Air Lease shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Air Lease has a net margin of 21.89% compared to Air Lease's net margin of 7.03%. Air Lease's return on equity of 19.26% beat Watsco's return on equity.
Watsco has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Air Lease has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Air Lease had 1 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Air Lease and 6 mentions for Watsco. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Air Lease's score of 0.83 indicating that Air Lease is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Air Lease has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Watsco. Air Lease is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Air Lease beats Watsco on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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