CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer CNH or PCAR?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign presently has a consensus price target of $14.10, suggesting a potential upside of 26.57%. PACCAR has a consensus price target of $118.50, suggesting a potential upside of 12.51%. 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
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55
PACCAR	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Is CNH or PCAR more profitable?

PACCAR has a net margin of 13.51% compared to CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's net margin of 8.07%. PACCAR's return on equity of 27.24% beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	8.07%	22.33%	3.90%
PACCAR	13.51%	27.24%	11.37%

Which has more risk and volatility, CNH or PCAR?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNH or PCAR?

PACCAR received 462 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.04% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote while only 53.01% of users gave PACCAR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Outperform Votes 111 59.04%	Underperform Votes 77 40.96%
PACCAR	Outperform Votes 573 53.01%	Underperform Votes 508 46.99%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CNH or PCAR?

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CNH or PCAR?

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
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	$24.69B	0.56	$2.37B	$1.35	8.25
PACCAR	$34.83B	1.59	$4.60B	$8.95	11.77

Does the media favor CNH or PCAR?

In the previous week, PACCAR had 6 more articles in the media than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for PACCAR and 2 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign. PACCAR's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's score of 0.00 indicating that PACCAR is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 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

Is CNH or PCAR a better dividend stock?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. PACCAR pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 34.8% 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.

Summary

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