Otis Worldwide (OTIS) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer OTIS or ABBNY?

Otis Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $104.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.69%. Given Otis Worldwide's 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
Otis Worldwide	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
ABB	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OTIS or ABBNY?

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
Otis Worldwide	$14.21B	2.63	$1.41B	$4.01	23.33
ABB	$32.24B	3.16	$3.75B	$2.09	26.17

Is OTIS or ABBNY more profitable?

ABB has a net margin of 11.90% compared to Otis Worldwide's net margin of 11.48%. ABB's return on equity of 27.58% beat Otis Worldwide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Otis Worldwide	11.48%	-31.28%	15.29%
ABB	11.90%	27.58%	9.56%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OTIS or ABBNY?

88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.1% of ABB shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of ABB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor OTIS or ABBNY?

In the previous week, ABB had 1 more articles in the media than Otis Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ABB and 2 mentions for Otis Worldwide. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat ABB's score of 0.56 indicating that Otis Worldwide is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Otis Worldwide	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ABB	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OTIS or ABBNY?

ABB received 674 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.66% of users gave ABB an outperform vote while only 20.65% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Otis Worldwide	Outperform Votes 19 20.65%	Underperform Votes 73 79.35%
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.66%	Underperform Votes 413 37.34%

Which has more risk & volatility, OTIS or ABBNY?

Otis Worldwide has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ABB has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OTIS or ABBNY a better dividend stock?

Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Otis Worldwide pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ABB pays out 27.8% 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

ABB beats Otis Worldwide on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.