GENC vs. MTW, PLOW, ASTE, CMCO, CNHI, CAT, BBIG, SMIT, LGMK, and VIEW
Should you be buying Gencor Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gencor Industries include Manitowoc (MTW), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Astec Industries (ASTE), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), CNH Industrial (CNHI), Caterpillar (CAT), Vinco Ventures (BBIG), Schmitt Industries (SMIT), LogicMark (LGMK), and View (VIEW).
Gencor Industries (NASDAQ:GENC) and Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Gencor Industries has a net margin of 14.74% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of 1.76%. Manitowoc's return on equity of 9.44% beat Gencor Industries' return on equity.
Manitowoc has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential upside of 32.34%. Given Manitowoc's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Gencor Industries.
Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Gencor Industries. Manitowoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gencor Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manitowoc received 436 more outperform votes than Gencor Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.39% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Gencor Industries an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Manitowoc had 10 more articles in the media than Gencor Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Manitowoc and 0 mentions for Gencor Industries. Gencor Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Manitowoc's score of -0.07 indicating that Gencor Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
78.7% of Manitowoc shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.5% of Gencor Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are owned 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.
Gencor Industries has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manitowoc has a beta of 2.04, indicating that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Manitowoc beats Gencor Industries on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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