FSS vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), 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.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Toro had 20 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Toro and 5 mentions for Federal Signal. Toro's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.70 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.2% 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. Federal Signal has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Toro has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro currently has a consensus price target of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.86%. Federal Signal has a consensus price target of $70.50, suggesting a potential downside of 17.78%. Given Federal Signal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. Federal Signal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toro received 158 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Federal Signal's net margin of 6.53%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 26.66% beat Toro's return on equity.
88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Federal Signal beats Toro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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