TRN vs. AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, and MLR
Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Miller Industries (MLR). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) are both mid-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
AGCO received 55 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.42% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 51.83% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.
AGCO has a net margin of 7.90% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 3.98%. AGCO's return on equity of 24.02% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
AGCO has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Industries. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AGCO had 3 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AGCO and 2 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat AGCO's score of 0.89 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Trinity Industries pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AGCO pays out 7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. AGCO has a consensus price target of $141.83, suggesting a potential upside of 37.57%. Given AGCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AGCO is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AGCO beats Trinity Industries on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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