REV Group (REVG) Competitors

REV Group (NYSE:REVG) and Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) are both transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Which has better earnings & valuation, REVG or IEP?

REV Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than REV Group, 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
REV Group	$2.38B	0.76	$257.60M	$4.49	7.68
Icahn Enterprises	$10.85B	0.44	-$684M	-$1.09	-8.61

Is REVG or IEP more profitable?

REV Group has a net margin of 10.82% compared to Icahn Enterprises' net margin of -4.79%. REV Group's return on equity of 17.74% beat Icahn Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
REV Group	10.82%	17.74%	5.71%
Icahn Enterprises	-4.79%	-8.82%	-2.53%

Is REVG or IEP a better dividend stock?

REV Group pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Icahn Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 21.3%. REV Group pays out 5.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Icahn Enterprises pays out -183.5% 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. Icahn Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate REVG or IEP?

REV Group presently has a consensus price target of $33.75, indicating a potential downside of 2.13%. Given REV Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe REV Group is more favorable than Icahn Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
REV Group	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Icahn Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in REVG or IEP?

87.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of REV Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 90.1% of Icahn Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, REVG or IEP?

REV Group has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Icahn Enterprises has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer REVG or IEP?

REV Group received 105 more outperform votes than Icahn Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.68% of users gave Icahn Enterprises an outperform vote while only 63.67% of users gave REV Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
REV Group	Outperform Votes 368 63.67%	Underperform Votes 210 36.33%
Icahn Enterprises	Outperform Votes 263 63.68%	Underperform Votes 150 36.32%

Does the media prefer REVG or IEP?

In the previous week, REV Group had 2 more articles in the media than Icahn Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for REV Group and 3 mentions for Icahn Enterprises. Icahn Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat REV Group's score of 0.47 indicating that Icahn Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
REV Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Icahn Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

REV Group beats Icahn Enterprises on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.