HWM vs. VMC, MLM, PWR, OTIS, PHM, NVR, WY, ROL, LEN, and URI
Should you be buying Howmet Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howmet Aerospace include Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Quanta Services (PWR), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), PulteGroup (PHM), NVR (NVR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Rollins (ROL), Lennar (LEN), and United Rentals (URI). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Howmet Aerospace (NYSE:HWM) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Vulcan Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Howmet Aerospace. Vulcan Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Howmet Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 5 more articles in the media than Howmet Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 8 mentions for Howmet Aerospace. Howmet Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 0.55 indicating that Howmet Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.5% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Howmet Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Howmet Aerospace has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Vulcan Materials received 525 more outperform votes than Howmet Aerospace when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.63% of users gave Howmet Aerospace an outperform vote while only 65.92% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote.
Howmet Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Howmet Aerospace pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 26.9% 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.
Howmet Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $73.67, indicating a potential downside of 11.17%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus price target of $277.08, indicating a potential upside of 6.94%. Given Vulcan Materials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Howmet Aerospace.
Howmet Aerospace has a net margin of 12.53% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 11.92%. Howmet Aerospace's return on equity of 21.33% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Howmet Aerospace beats Vulcan Materials on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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