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Freightcar America (RAIL) Competitors

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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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, Miller Industries and Miller Industries both had 1 articles in the media. Freightcar America's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Miller Industries' score of 0.78 indicating that Freightcar America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Miller Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Freightcar America
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Miller Industries4.81% 13.78% 7.76%
Freightcar America -2.79%-18.77%9.16%

Miller Industries currently has a consensus target price of $64.00, suggesting a potential upside of 37.83%. Freightcar America has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential downside of 22.04%. Given Miller Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than Freightcar America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Miller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Freightcar America
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Miller Industries$1.26B0.42$63.49M$4.719.86
Freightcar America$559.42M0.39-$75.82M-$0.93-12.41

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.

Summary

Miller Industries beats Freightcar America on 9 of the 13 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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RAIL vs. The Competition

MetricFreightcar AmericaTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$220.86M$7.22B$7.33B$9.00B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%914.34%4.03%
P/E Ratio-12.4716.5713.1420.18
Price / Sales0.395.97356.07171.78
Price / Cash6.136.607.5157.97
Price / Book-1.452.022.165.61
Net Income-$75.82M$360.72M$563.51M$248.59M
7 Day Performance30.45%2.62%1.80%4.67%
1 Month Performance41.14%9.05%5.39%7.18%
1 Year Performance265.35%50.89%6.82%21.21%

Freightcar America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RAIL
Freightcar America
3.0911 of 5 stars
$11.55
-1.0%
$9.00
-22.0%
+271.3%$220.86M$559.42M-12.472,030News Coverage
MLR
Miller Industries
3.635 of 5 stars
$45.28
-2.6%
$64.00
+41.3%
-16.2%$532.63M$1.26B9.611,711
WNC
Wabash National
2.6169 of 5 stars
$11.27
-1.9%
$9.50
-15.7%
-46.2%$481.09M$1.95B-7.276,000Positive News
MTW
Manitowoc
3.5244 of 5 stars
$12.76
-0.9%
$10.86
-14.9%
+31.5%$456.51M$2.18B10.214,800
TWIN
Twin Disc
2.3029 of 5 stars
$9.23
-4.6%
$12.00
+30.0%
-21.1%$136.95M$295.13M31.83760Gap Down
CVGI
Commercial Vehicle Group
4.0969 of 5 stars
$2.08
+5.1%
$10.00
+380.8%
-59.0%$68.58M$723.35M-2.006,900News Coverage
CAT
Caterpillar
4.8514 of 5 stars
$391.54
-1.6%
$380.83
-2.7%
+23.5%$187.41B$64.81B19.36112,900Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
DE
Deere & Company
4.4043 of 5 stars
$509.99
-2.1%
$515.19
+1.0%
+46.3%$141.09B$51.72B24.6775,800Positive News
PCAR
PACCAR
4.5194 of 5 stars
$96.64
-1.0%
$104.59
+8.2%
-2.6%$51.27B$33.66B14.6430,100Dividend Announcement
CMI
Cummins
4.9203 of 5 stars
$327.39
-1.3%
$358.08
+9.4%
+24.3%$45.71B$34.10B15.1069,600
WAB
Wabtec
4.1182 of 5 stars
$213.04
-0.6%
$216.00
+1.4%
+35.5%$36.68B$10.39B33.3929,500Trending News
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