LNN vs. ALG, GIC, HY, CMCO, CDRE, HOLI, SCSC, MRC, APOG, and DNOW
Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Alamo Group (ALG), Global Industrial (GIC), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Cadre (CDRE), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), ScanSource (SCSC), MRC Global (MRC), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), and DNOW (DNOW). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Alamo Group received 17 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.
Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 3 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alamo Group and 2 mentions for Lindsay. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Alamo Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamo Group currently has a consensus target price of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.86%. Lindsay has a consensus target price of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 17.04%. Given Alamo Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Alamo Group.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lindsay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 22.3% 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. Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Lindsay has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Lindsay's net margin of 7.92%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 15.04% beat Lindsay's return on equity.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Lindsay on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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