MTW vs. ASTE, CMCO, EAF, HDSN, DMRC, ACCO, CIX, ALTG, ITRN, and EBF
Should you be buying Manitowoc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manitowoc include Astec Industries (ASTE), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), GrafTech International (EAF), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), Digimarc (DMRC), ACCO Brands (ACCO), CompX International (CIX), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), and Ennis (EBF). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) and Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Astec Industries has a net margin of 1.91% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of 1.76%. Manitowoc's return on equity of 9.44% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Manitowoc received 40 more outperform votes than Astec Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.16% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.
Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Astec Industries. Manitowoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Astec Industries had 30 more articles in the media than Manitowoc. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Astec Industries and 5 mentions for Manitowoc. Manitowoc's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Astec Industries' score of 0.01 indicating that Manitowoc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manitowoc currently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 35.43%. Astec Industries has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.34%. Given Manitowoc's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Astec Industries.
78.7% of Manitowoc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Manitowoc has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astec Industries has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Manitowoc beats Astec Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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