Twin Disc (TWIN) Competitors

Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TWIN or TWI?

65.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are held by institutional investors. 21.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 25.0% of Titan International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TWIN or TWI a better dividend stock?

Twin Disc pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Titan International pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Twin Disc pays out -114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titan International pays out -6.5% 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. Twin Disc is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TWIN or TWI?

Twin Disc has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Titan International. Twin Disc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Titan International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Twin Disc	$340.74M	0.52	-$1.89M	-$0.14	-89.93
Titan International	$1.78B	0.32	-$5.56M	-$0.31	-28.99

Do analysts rate TWIN or TWI?

Twin Disc currently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.69%. Titan International has a consensus target price of $11.33, indicating a potential upside of 26.11%. Given Titan International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Titan International is more favorable than Twin Disc.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Twin Disc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Titan International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer TWIN or TWI?

In the previous week, Titan International had 2 more articles in the media than Twin Disc. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Titan International and 2 mentions for Twin Disc. Titan International's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Twin Disc's score of 0.24 indicating that Titan International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Twin Disc	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Titan International	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is TWIN or TWI more profitable?

Twin Disc has a net margin of -0.56% compared to Titan International's net margin of -1.24%. Twin Disc's return on equity of -1.25% beat Titan International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Twin Disc	-0.56%	-1.25%	-0.59%
Titan International	-1.24%	-1.62%	-0.53%

Which has more risk and volatility, TWIN or TWI?

Twin Disc has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Titan International beats Twin Disc on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.