Otis Worldwide (OTIS) Competitors

ABB (NYSE:ABBNY) and Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Is ABBNY or OTIS a better dividend stock?

ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. ABB pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Otis Worldwide pays out 38.4% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ABBNY or OTIS?

ABB has higher revenue and earnings than Otis Worldwide. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ABB, 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
ABB	$32.85B	3.27	$3.94B	$2.12	27.26
Otis Worldwide	$14.26B	2.75	$1.65B	$4.06	24.39

Which has more risk & volatility, ABBNY or OTIS?

ABB has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ABBNY or OTIS?

Otis Worldwide has a consensus target price of $102.88, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Given Otis Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than ABB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABB	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
Otis Worldwide	2 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ABBNY or OTIS more profitable?

ABB has a net margin of 11.98% compared to Otis Worldwide's net margin of 11.53%. ABB's return on equity of 27.54% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ABB	11.98%	27.54%	9.76%
Otis Worldwide	11.53%	-31.76%	15.02%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ABBNY or OTIS?

1.1% of ABB shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of ABB shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ABBNY or OTIS?

In the previous week, Otis Worldwide had 15 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Otis Worldwide and 1 mentions for ABB. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat ABB's score of 0.00 indicating that Otis Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ABB	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Otis Worldwide	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABBNY or OTIS?

ABB received 674 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave ABB an outperform vote while only 19.59% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.60%	Underperform Votes 414 37.40%
Otis Worldwide	Outperform Votes 19 19.59%	Underperform Votes 78 80.41%

Summary

ABB beats Otis Worldwide on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.