Reviewing Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) & Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS)

Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) and Chart Industries (NYSE:GTLS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Otis Worldwide and Chart Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Otis Worldwide	1	7	3	0	2.18
Chart Industries	2	11	0	0	1.85

Otis Worldwide presently has a consensus price target of $97.64, indicating a potential upside of 39.80%. Chart Industries has a consensus price target of $201.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.76%. Given Otis Worldwide’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Otis Worldwide is more favorable than Chart Industries.

Volatility and Risk

Otis Worldwide has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chart Industries has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Otis Worldwide and Chart Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Otis Worldwide	10.11%	-29.39%	14.86%
Chart Industries	-0.62%	10.50%	3.65%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Otis Worldwide and Chart Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Otis Worldwide	$14.43 billion	1.86	$1.38 billion	$3.76	18.57
Chart Industries	$4.26 billion	2.33	$40.70 million	$0.26	798.22

Otis Worldwide has higher revenue and earnings than Chart Industries. Otis Worldwide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chart Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

88.0% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Otis Worldwide shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chart Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Otis Worldwide beats Chart Industries on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Otis Worldwide

Otis Worldwide Corporation engages in manufacturing, installation, and servicing of elevators and escalators in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, New Equipment and Service. The New Equipment segment designs, manufactures, sells, and installs a range of passenger and freight elevators, as well as escalators and moving walkways for residential and commercial buildings, and infrastructure projects. This segment serves real-estate and building developers, and general contractors. It sells its products directly to customers, as well as through agents and distributors. The Service segment performs maintenance and repair services, as well as modernization services to upgrade elevators and escalators. Otis Worldwide Corporation was founded in 1853 and is headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.

About Chart Industries

Chart Industries, Inc. engages in the designing, engineering, and manufacturing of process technologies and equipment for the gas and liquid molecules in the United States and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Cryo Tank Solutions, Heat Transfer Systems, Specialty Products, and Repair, Service & Leasing. It provides bulk and packaged gas cryogenic solutions for the storage, distribution, vaporization, and application of industrial gases; cryogenic trailers, ISO containers, bulk storage tanks, loading facilities, and regasification equipment for delivering liquefied natural gas (LNG) into virtual pipeline applications; and large vacuum insulated storage tanks as equipment for purchasers of standard liquefaction plants. The company also offers natural gas processing solutions; process technology, liquefaction capabilities, and critical equipment for the LNG, include small to mid-scale facilities, floating LNG applications, and large base-load export facilities; brazed aluminum heat exchangers, Core-in-Kettle heat exchangers, cold boxes, air cooled heat exchangers, pressure vessels, and pipe works; and air cooled heat exchangers and axial cooling fans for the HVAC, power, and refining applications. Further, it provides extended warranties, plant start-up, parts, 24/7 support, monitoring and process optimization, repairing, maintenance, and upgrading services; plant services on equipment; and service locations that undertake installation, service, repair, maintenance, and refurbishment of cryogenic products, as well as equipment leasing solutions. Chart Industries, Inc. was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Ball Ground, Georgia.