CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH) Competitors

PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR) and CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (NYSE:CNH) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer PCAR or CNH?

PACCAR presently has a consensus target price of $108.59, suggesting a potential upside of 23.16%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a consensus target price of $14.42, suggesting a potential upside of 29.44%. Given CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is more favorable than PACCAR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PACCAR	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PCAR or CNH?

PACCAR received 460 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.90% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote while only 52.87% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PACCAR	Outperform Votes 581 52.87%	Underperform Votes 518 47.13%
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Outperform Votes 121 59.90%	Underperform Votes 81 40.10%

Does the media prefer PCAR or CNH?

In the previous week, PACCAR had 29 more articles in the media than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for PACCAR and 1 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. PACCAR's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's score of 0.00 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
PACCAR	Positive
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Neutral

Is PCAR or CNH a better dividend stock?

PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. PACCAR pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 45.6% 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.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PCAR or CNH?

64.9% of PACCAR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of PACCAR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PCAR or CNH?

PACCAR has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PCAR or CNH more profitable?

PACCAR has a net margin of 12.36% compared to CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's net margin of 6.62%. PACCAR's return on equity of 23.53% beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PACCAR	12.36%	23.53%	9.89%
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6.62%	18.00%	3.13%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PCAR or CNH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PACCAR	$33.66B	1.37	$4.16B	$7.91	11.15
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	$19.84B	0.70	$1.25B	$1.03	10.81

Summary

PACCAR beats CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.