Alamo Group (ALG) Competitors

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

Is ALG or AGCO a better dividend stock?

Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alamo Group pays out 12.5% 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. Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and AGCO has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. AGCO is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ALG or AGCO?

AGCO received 161 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.86% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 51.09% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alamo Group	Outperform Votes 308 62.86%	Underperform Votes 182 37.14%
AGCO	Outperform Votes 469 51.09%	Underperform Votes 449 48.91%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ALG or AGCO?

92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned 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.

Does the media prefer ALG or AGCO?

In the previous week, AGCO had 10 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for AGCO and 16 mentions for Alamo Group. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat AGCO's score of 0.94 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alamo Group	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGCO	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ALG or AGCO?

Alamo Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamo Group, 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
Alamo Group	$1.59B	1.54	$136.16M	$9.60	21.13
AGCO	$10.78B	0.74	-$424.80M	-$7.80	-13.64

Do analysts recommend ALG or AGCO?

Alamo Group presently has a consensus target price of $196.33, suggesting a potential downside of 3.23%. AGCO has a consensus target price of $103.30, suggesting a potential downside of 2.89%. Given AGCO's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AGCO is more favorable than Alamo Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alamo Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
AGCO	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is ALG or AGCO more profitable?

Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.19% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. AGCO's return on equity of 13.40% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alamo Group	7.19%	12.41%	8.15%
AGCO	-3.64%	13.40%	4.32%

Which has more volatility and risk, ALG or AGCO?

Alamo Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% 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.

Summary

Alamo Group beats AGCO on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.