ASTE vs. PLOW, MTW, CMCO, GRC, MRC, SCSC, TRS, HY, DXPE, and CECO
Should you be buying Astec Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astec Industries include Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Gorman-Rupp (GRC), MRC Global (MRC), ScanSource (SCSC), TriMas (TRS), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and CECO Environmental (CECO).
Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) 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 earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Astec Industries currently has a consensus target price of $46.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.13%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.53%. Given Douglas Dynamics' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Astec Industries.
Astec Industries received 121 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.37% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 55.12% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 2.50%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 10.18% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Astec Industries pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Dynamics pays out 122.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Astec Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.2% of Astec Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned 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, Douglas Dynamics had 14 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Douglas Dynamics and 2 mentions for Astec Industries. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Astec Industries' score of 0.24 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Astec Industries has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Astec Industries beats Douglas Dynamics on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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