RAIL vs. MLR, WNC, MTW, TWIN, CVGI, CAT, DE, PCAR, CMI, and WAB
Should you be buying Freightcar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freightcar America include Miller Industries (MLR), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), and Wabtec (WAB). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Freightcar America vs. Its Competitors
Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) and Freightcar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) are both small-cap construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.
Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Freightcar America pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Miller Industries pays out 17.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Freightcar America pays out -38.7% 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.
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.
Miller Industries currently has a consensus price target of $64.00, indicating a potential upside of 41.94%. Freightcar America has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 24.50%. Given Miller Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than Freightcar America.
In the previous week, Freightcar America had 2 more articles in the media than Miller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Freightcar America and 1 mentions for Miller Industries. Miller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat Freightcar America's score of 1.31 indicating that Miller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Miller Industries has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freightcar America has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of Freightcar America shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.4% of Miller Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 28.7% of Freightcar America shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Miller Industries has a net margin of 4.81% compared to Freightcar America's net margin of -2.79%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 13.78% beat Freightcar America's return on equity.
Summary
Miller Industries beats Freightcar America on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
