ALG vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, TRN, GBX, LNN, WNC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Alamo Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamo Group include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), and Astec Industries (ASTE). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Toro's net margin of 6.00%. Toro's return on equity of 25.04% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Toro had 25 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Toro and 2 mentions for Alamo Group. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Toro's score of 0.75 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Toro received 167 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 63.00% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamo Group presently has a consensus target price of $212.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.60%. Toro has a consensus target price of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.89%. Given Alamo Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alamo Group is more favorable than Toro.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 56.9% 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.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Alamo Group. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Toro beats Alamo Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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