ALG vs. AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, TRN, GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, and MLR
Should you be buying Alamo Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamo Group include AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Miller Industries (MLR). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out 7.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AGCO has higher revenue and earnings than Alamo Group. 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.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.92% compared to AGCO's net margin of 7.90%. AGCO's return on equity of 24.02% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
Alamo Group presently has a consensus target price of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.74%. AGCO has a consensus target price of $126.63, indicating a potential upside of 22.38%. Given AGCO's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AGCO is more favorable than Alamo Group.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AGCO had 10 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AGCO and 4 mentions for Alamo Group. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat AGCO's score of 0.07 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AGCO received 156 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 51.70% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.
Summary
AGCO beats Alamo Group on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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