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).
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (NYSE:CP) and Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
72.2% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Union Pacific shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Canadian Pacific Kansas City shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Union Pacific shares are owned by company 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 Union Pacific's net margin of 26.52%. Union Pacific's return on equity of 44.34% beat Canadian Pacific Kansas City's return on equity.
In the previous week, Union Pacific had 6 more articles in the media than Canadian Pacific Kansas City. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Union Pacific and 8 mentions for Canadian Pacific Kansas City. Canadian Pacific Kansas City's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Union Pacific's score of 0.70 indicating that Canadian Pacific Kansas City is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Union Pacific pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Pacific Kansas City pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Union Pacific pays out 49.6% 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 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.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Union Pacific has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City currently has a consensus target price of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 21.81%. Union Pacific has a consensus target price of $259.61, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Canadian Pacific Kansas City's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Pacific Kansas City is more favorable than Union Pacific.
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 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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