RAIL vs. TWI, MLR, WNC, MTW, 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 Titan International (TWI), Miller Industries (MLR), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), 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. Its Competitors
Titan International (NYSE:TWI) and Freightcar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) are both small-cap construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, Titan International had 16 more articles in the media than Freightcar America. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Titan International and 2 mentions for Freightcar America. Freightcar America's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Titan International's score of 0.00 indicating that Freightcar America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Titan International has a net margin of -0.83% compared to Freightcar America's net margin of -2.79%. Titan International's return on equity of -0.05% beat Freightcar America's return on equity.
Titan International presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.61%. Freightcar America has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.69%. Given Titan International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Titan International is more favorable than Freightcar America.
Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Freightcar America. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freightcar America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Titan International has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freightcar America has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.4% of Titan International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Freightcar America shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Titan International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of Freightcar America shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Titan International beats Freightcar America on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:RAIL) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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