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.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
87.9% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held 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.
Toro received 167 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.82% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 63.00% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% 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. Toro has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Toro currently has a consensus price target of $98.75, indicating a potential upside of 23.78%. Alamo Group has a consensus price target of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.62%. Given Alamo Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Alamo Group.
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.
In the previous week, Toro had 6 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Toro and 3 mentions for Alamo Group. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Toro's score of 0.48 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 6.53%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 26.66% beat Toro's return on equity.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamo Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Toro beats Alamo Group on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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