AGCO (AGCO) Competitors

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (NYSE:CNH) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CNH or AGCO?

AGCO received 345 more outperform votes than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.19% of users gave CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign an outperform vote while only 51.09% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	Outperform Votes 124 60.19%	Underperform Votes 82 39.81%
AGCO	Outperform Votes 469 51.09%	Underperform Votes 449 48.91%

Is CNH or AGCO a better dividend stock?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays an annual dividend of $0.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign pays out 57.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out -14.9% 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 increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CNH or AGCO?

59.9% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CNH or AGCO more profitable?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a net margin of 6.62% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's return on equity of 18.00% beat AGCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	6.62%	18.00%	3.13%
AGCO	-3.64%	13.40%	4.32%

Do analysts rate CNH or AGCO?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign presently has a consensus target price of $14.92, indicating a potential upside of 16.81%. AGCO has a consensus target price of $103.30, indicating a potential upside of 2.85%. Given CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is more favorable than AGCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
AGCO	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CNH or AGCO?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has higher revenue and earnings than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign, 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
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	$18.85B	0.85	$1.25B	$0.82	15.57
AGCO	$10.78B	0.69	-$424.80M	-$7.80	-12.88

Which has more risk & volatility, CNH or AGCO?

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CNH or AGCO?

In the previous week, CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign had 2 more articles in the media than AGCO. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign and 20 mentions for AGCO. CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat AGCO's score of 0.92 indicating that CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGCO	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign beats AGCO on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.