ASTE vs. CMCO, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, MLR, TWI, PLOW, and MTW
Should you be buying Astec Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astec Industries include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), and Manitowoc (MTW).
Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 6 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 1 mentions for Astec Industries. Columbus McKinnon's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Astec Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Columbus McKinnon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Astec Industries has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.2% of Astec Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Columbus McKinnon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Astec Industries. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Astec Industries presently has a consensus target price of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.14%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus target price of $51.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.44%. Given Columbus McKinnon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Columbus McKinnon is more favorable than Astec Industries.
Astec Industries received 115 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 61.51% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 1.91%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 9.59% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Astec Industries pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out 17.3% 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
Columbus McKinnon beats Astec Industries on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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