CARR vs. MSI, ROP, AMX, NTES, SNOW, WDAY, MCHP, NXPI, TEAM, and PYPL
Should you be buying Carrier Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Carrier Global include Motorola Solutions (MSI), Roper Technologies (ROP), América Móvil (AMX), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Workday (WDAY), Microchip Technology (MCHP), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Atlassian (TEAM), and PayPal (PYPL). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Carrier Global (NYSE:CARR) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Motorola Solutions has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Carrier Global. Motorola Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carrier Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carrier Global pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Carrier Global pays out 53.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 48.5% 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.
Carrier Global currently has a consensus price target of $62.71, suggesting a potential downside of 3.52%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $357.43, suggesting a potential downside of 2.45%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Carrier Global.
In the previous week, Carrier Global had 4 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Carrier Global and 20 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Carrier Global's score of 0.40 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Motorola Solutions has a net margin of 13.64% compared to Carrier Global's net margin of 5.41%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 398.16% beat Carrier Global's return on equity.
91.0% of Carrier Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Carrier Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Carrier Global has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Motorola Solutions received 699 more outperform votes than Carrier Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.38% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote while only 46.49% of users gave Carrier Global an outperform vote.
Summary
Motorola Solutions beats Carrier Global on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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