RAIL vs. PLOW, TWI, MLR, WNC, MTW, TWIN, CVGI, CAT, DE, and CMI
Should you be buying Freightcar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freightcar America include Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Miller Industries (MLR), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), and Cummins (CMI). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Freightcar America vs. Its Competitors
Freightcar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both small-cap construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Freightcar America currently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.22%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.74%. Given Douglas Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Freightcar America.
32.0% of Freightcar America shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 28.7% of Freightcar America shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Freightcar America pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Freightcar America pays out -51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Dynamics pays out 42.3% 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.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 11.38% compared to Freightcar America's net margin of -2.21%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 15.16% beat Freightcar America's return on equity.
Freightcar America has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Freightcar America and Freightcar America both had 1 articles in the media. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Freightcar America's score of 0.00 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Douglas Dynamics has higher revenue and earnings than Freightcar America. Freightcar America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics beats Freightcar America on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RAIL) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
