AGCO (AGCO) Competitors

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AGCO or TTC?

78.8% of AGCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of AGCO shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Toro 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AGCO or TTC?

Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, 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
AGCO	$11.66B	0.61	-$424.80M	-$5.69	-16.72
Toro	$4.58B	1.54	$418.90M	$3.91	18.08

Does the media favor AGCO or TTC?

In the previous week, AGCO had 12 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for AGCO and 16 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat AGCO's score of 0.75 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGCO	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toro	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGCO or TTC?

Toro received 2 more outperform votes than AGCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 51.04% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGCO	Outperform Votes 467 51.04%	Underperform Votes 448 48.96%
Toro	Outperform Votes 469 68.97%	Underperform Votes 211 31.03%

Is AGCO or TTC more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat AGCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGCO	-3.64%	13.40%	4.32%
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%

Do analysts recommend AGCO or TTC?

AGCO presently has a consensus price target of $99.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.89%. Toro has a consensus price target of $89.75, indicating a potential upside of 26.93%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than AGCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGCO	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is AGCO or TTC a better dividend stock?

AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. AGCO pays out -20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 38.9% 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. AGCO has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Toro has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, AGCO or TTC?

AGCO has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Toro beats AGCO on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.