RAIL vs. MLR, TWI, MTW, WNC, TWIN, CVGI, CAT, DE, PCAR, and CMI
Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), Wabash National (WNC), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), and Cummins (CMI). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
FreightCar America vs.
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
FreightCar America pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. FreightCar America pays out -38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Miller Industries pays out 17.0% 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. Miller Industries has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. FreightCar America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Miller Industries had 6 more articles in the media than FreightCar America. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Miller Industries and 2 mentions for FreightCar America. Miller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat FreightCar America's score of 0.73 indicating that Miller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
FreightCar America received 87 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.14% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.
Miller Industries has a net margin of 5.23% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -20.66%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 18.76% beat FreightCar America's return on equity.
32.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Miller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of FreightCar America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of Miller Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Miller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than FreightCar America. FreightCar America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Miller Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FreightCar America has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Miller Industries has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
FreightCar America currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 26.14%. Miller Industries has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 82.21%. Given Miller Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than FreightCar America.
Summary
Miller Industries beats FreightCar America on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RAIL) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
