CP vs. UNP, CSX, NSC, FIP, GE, UPS, FDX, ODFL, DAL, and WAB
Should you be buying Canadian Pacific Kansas City stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Pacific Kansas City include Union Pacific (UNP), CSX (CSX), Norfolk Southern (NSC), FTAI Infrastructure (FIP), General Electric (GE), United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx (FDX), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Delta Air Lines (DAL), and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB).
Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Union Pacific pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 17.9% 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. Union Pacific has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years. Union Pacific is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Union Pacific has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
80.4% of Union Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Union Pacific shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a net margin of 28.27% compared to Canadian Pacific Kansas City's net margin of 26.52%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity of 44.34% beat Union Pacific's return on equity.
Union Pacific presently has a consensus target price of $259.61, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a consensus target price of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. Given Union Pacific's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Union Pacific.
Union Pacific received 246 more outperform votes than Canadian Pacific Kansas City when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.21% of users gave Union Pacific an outperform vote while only 69.29% of users gave Canadian Pacific Kansas City an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Union Pacific had 3 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Union Pacific and 8 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Union Pacific's score of 0.62 indicating that Union Pacific is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Union Pacific has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Union Pacific is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Pacific Kansas City, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Union Pacific beats Canadian Pacific Kansas City on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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