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PACCAR (PCAR) Competitors

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$105.32 -2.19 (-2.04%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

PCAR vs. CAT, DE, CMI, WAB, TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, and TRN

Should you be buying PACCAR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PACCAR include Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), Cummins (CMI), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), and Trinity Industries (TRN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

PACCAR vs.

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Caterpillar has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PACCAR has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

71.0% of Caterpillar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Caterpillar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of PACCAR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Caterpillar currently has a consensus target price of $384.33, suggesting a potential upside of 5.00%. PACCAR has a consensus target price of $118.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.51%. Given PACCAR's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe PACCAR is more favorable than Caterpillar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Caterpillar
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.18
PACCAR
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Caterpillar has a net margin of 16.26% compared to PACCAR's net margin of 13.51%. Caterpillar's return on equity of 59.09% beat PACCAR's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Caterpillar16.26% 59.09% 12.77%
PACCAR 13.51%27.24%11.37%

Caterpillar received 628 more outperform votes than PACCAR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.45% of users gave Caterpillar an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CaterpillarOutperform Votes
1201
62.45%
Underperform Votes
722
37.55%
PACCAROutperform Votes
573
53.01%
Underperform Votes
508
46.99%

Caterpillar pays an annual dividend of $5.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Caterpillar pays out 26.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PACCAR pays out 13.4% 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.

Caterpillar has higher revenue and earnings than PACCAR. PACCAR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Caterpillar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Caterpillar$65.66B2.69$10.34B$21.5716.97
PACCAR$34.83B1.59$4.60B$8.9511.77

In the previous week, Caterpillar had 10 more articles in the media than PACCAR. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Caterpillar and 8 mentions for PACCAR. PACCAR's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Caterpillar's score of 0.50 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Caterpillar
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
PACCAR
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Caterpillar beats PACCAR on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PCAR vs. The Competition

MetricPACCARMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$55.22B$46.32B$19.29B$9.08B
Dividend Yield1.12%3.36%3.11%4.23%
P/E Ratio11.779.1711.3217.18
Price / Sales1.5924.7811.07116.95
Price / Cash9.9011.9712.3437.86
Price / Book3.472.611.894.78
Net Income$4.60B$3.18B$1.51B$225.60M
7 Day Performance-6.80%-3.55%-4.98%-1.23%
1 Month Performance-7.68%-1.10%-2.49%3.36%
1 Year Performance8.69%-23.24%-13.28%16.60%

PACCAR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCAR
PACCAR
4.0678 of 5 stars
$105.32
-2.0%
$118.50
+12.5%
+9.8%$55.22B$34.83B11.7732,400Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CAT
Caterpillar
4.2476 of 5 stars
$380.49
0.0%
$374.69
-1.5%
+26.4%$183.70B$65.66B17.64113,200Analyst Forecast
DE
Deere & Company
3.7374 of 5 stars
$437.93
-0.6%
$443.28
+1.2%
+11.7%$119.82B$50.52B17.2083,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CMI
Cummins
4.1983 of 5 stars
$366.40
-0.3%
$352.85
-3.7%
+46.1%$50.26B$34.20B24.1875,500Analyst Forecast
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
3.8896 of 5 stars
$201.88
+1.1%
$175.30
-13.2%
+54.5%$34.70B$9.68B33.2829,000
TTC
Toro
3.5053 of 5 stars
$87.24
-1.2%
$93.33
+7.0%
-16.2%$8.95B$4.55B23.1810,706Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
AGCO
AGCO
4.4175 of 5 stars
$95.90
-1.3%
$113.18
+18.0%
-22.2%$7.16B$14.41B42.9727,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OSK
Oshkosh
4.8352 of 5 stars
$100.11
+0.1%
$122.86
+22.7%
-11.3%$6.51B$9.66B9.7117,300Analyst Forecast
FSS
Federal Signal
1.8531 of 5 stars
$97.25
+0.8%
$90.00
-7.5%
+21.1%$5.94B$1.84B28.234,500Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
TEX
Terex
4.3255 of 5 stars
$48.51
-2.1%
$59.56
+22.8%
-21.5%$3.24B$5.15B7.2310,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.1741 of 5 stars
$37.62
+0.8%
$35.67
-5.2%
+38.4%$3.09B$2.98B18.209,480Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PCAR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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