Twin Disc (TWIN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc has a beta of 1.92, indicating that its stock price is 92% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twin Disc has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc presently has a consensus price target of $10.86, indicating a potential upside of 1.88%. Twin Disc has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 67.48%. Given Twin Disc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Twin Disc is more favorable than Manitowoc.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manitowoc	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
Twin Disc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is MTW or TWIN a better dividend stock?

Manitowoc pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Twin Disc pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Manitowoc pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Twin Disc pays out 55.2% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MTW or TWIN?

78.7% of Manitowoc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Twin Disc shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Manitowoc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Twin Disc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Twin Disc. Manitowoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Twin Disc, 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
Manitowoc	$2.15B	0.18	$55.80M	$1.25	8.53
Twin Disc	$328.48M	0.31	$10.99M	$0.29	24.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc received 157 more outperform votes than Twin Disc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.69% of users gave Twin Disc an outperform vote while only 55.47% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manitowoc	Outperform Votes 441 55.47%	Underperform Votes 354 44.53%
Twin Disc	Outperform Votes 284 62.69%	Underperform Votes 169 37.31%

Is MTW or TWIN more profitable?

Twin Disc has a net margin of 2.92% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of 2.56%. Twin Disc's return on equity of 4.24% beat Manitowoc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manitowoc	2.56%	2.46%	0.83%
Twin Disc	2.92%	4.24%	2.09%

Does the media prefer MTW or TWIN?

In the previous week, Manitowoc had 3 more articles in the media than Twin Disc. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Manitowoc and 3 mentions for Twin Disc. Manitowoc's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Twin Disc's score of 0.19 indicating that Manitowoc is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Manitowoc	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Twin Disc	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Twin Disc beats Manitowoc on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.