THO vs. WGO, BCC, LPX, MTH, AWI, KBH, TMHC, GTES, RYN, and SKY
Should you be buying THOR Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of THOR Industries include Winnebago Industries (WGO), Boise Cascade (BCC), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Meritage Homes (MTH), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), KB Home (KBH), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Gates Industrial (GTES), Rayonier (RYN), and Skyline Champion (SKY). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) and Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
96.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Winnebago Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, THOR Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Winnebago Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for THOR Industries and 3 mentions for Winnebago Industries. Winnebago Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat THOR Industries' score of 0.32 indicating that Winnebago Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Winnebago Industries has a net margin of 3.70% compared to THOR Industries' net margin of 2.62%. Winnebago Industries' return on equity of 14.15% beat THOR Industries' return on equity.
THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. THOR Industries pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winnebago Industries pays out 37.1% 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. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
THOR Industries currently has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.22%. Winnebago Industries has a consensus target price of $71.80, indicating a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Winnebago Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.
THOR Industries has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
THOR Industries received 214 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.
THOR Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Winnebago Industries. Winnebago Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than THOR Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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