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
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability and media sentiment.
FreightCar America has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 1.95, meaning that its share price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Titan International had 16 more articles in the media than FreightCar America. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Titan International and 3 mentions for FreightCar America. FreightCar America's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Titan International's score of 1.12 indicating that FreightCar America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 net margin of -0.51% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -20.66%. Titan International's return on equity of 5.76% beat FreightCar America's return on equity.
FreightCar America presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.12%. Titan International has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.88%. Given Titan International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Titan International is more favorable than FreightCar America.
FreightCar America pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Titan International pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. FreightCar America pays out -38.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titan International pays out -9.5% 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. FreightCar America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
32.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are held by institutional investors. 28.7% of FreightCar America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Titan International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Titan International received 82 more outperform votes than FreightCar America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.
Summary
Titan International beats FreightCar America on 12 of the 20 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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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