Otis Worldwide Corp vs Ross Stores, Inc. — how do they compare? Otis Worldwide Corp trades at $70.61 (market cap $27.61B), while Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $238.21 (market cap $75.63B). The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. is far larger — about 2.7× Otis Worldwide Corp's market cap, and Otis Worldwide Corp pays the higher dividend (2.36%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| OTIS | ROST | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.61B | $75.63B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $100.99 | $240.13 |
52-Week Low | $69.34 | $135.76 |
Enterprise Value | $34.99B | $76.23B |
Dividend Yield | 2.36% | 0.75% |
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Otis is the largest global elevator and escalator supplier by revenue with around one quarter of share excluding Japan. In 1854 Otis' founder and namesake, Elisha Graves Otis, invented a safety mechanism that prevented elevators from falling if the hoisting cable failed.The company's product and service lifecycle begins with installations of elevator units in new buildings, later selling maintenance services on the units, and eventually replacement of the units after the average 15-20 year useful life of an elevator. As the largest global OEM, over decades Otis has built a base of 2 million elevators under service. Its business model is much the same as that of its competitors Kone, Schindler, and Thyssenkrupp.
Read more on OTIS →Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
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