TWIN vs. GHM, GTEC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, PLOW, MTW, CVGI, RAIL, and GTES
Should you be buying Twin Disc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Twin Disc include Graham (GHM), Greenland Technologies (GTEC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), FreightCar America (RAIL), and Gates Industrial (GTES).
Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) and Graham (NYSE:GHM) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Twin Disc has higher revenue and earnings than Graham. Twin Disc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graham, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Twin Disc has a net margin of 4.13% compared to Graham's net margin of 2.46%. Twin Disc's return on equity of 8.42% beat Graham's return on equity.
Graham has a consensus target price of $35.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.19%. Given Graham's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Graham is more favorable than Twin Disc.
Twin Disc received 9 more outperform votes than Graham when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.99% of users gave Graham an outperform vote while only 61.82% of users gave Twin Disc an outperform vote.
65.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.5% of Graham shares are held by institutional investors. 23.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Graham shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Twin Disc had 10 more articles in the media than Graham. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Twin Disc and 7 mentions for Graham. Graham's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Twin Disc's score of 0.36 indicating that Graham is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Twin Disc has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Graham has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Twin Disc beats Graham on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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