WNC vs. TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, MLR, PLOW, TWI, and MTW
Should you be buying Wabash National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabash National include Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), and Manitowoc (MTW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) and Terex (NYSE:TEX) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Wabash National. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Terex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wabash National currently has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.07%. Terex has a consensus price target of $65.33, suggesting a potential upside of 15.12%. Given Wabash National's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wabash National is more favorable than Terex.
Terex has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Wabash National's net margin of 8.15%. Wabash National's return on equity of 37.84% beat Terex's return on equity.
Wabash National has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terex has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Terex shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Wabash National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Terex shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Terex received 239 more outperform votes than Wabash National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.44% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.
Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Wabash National pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Terex pays out 9.0% 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. Wabash National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Terex had 2 more articles in the media than Wabash National. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Terex and 1 mentions for Wabash National. Wabash National's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Terex's score of 1.21 indicating that Wabash National is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Terex beats Wabash National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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