ALG vs. LNN, AGCO, PLUG, MWA, OI, LZ, ESE, ATMU, XRX, and HEES
Should you be buying Alamo Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamo Group include Lindsay (LNN), AGCO (AGCO), Plug Power (PLUG), Mueller Water Products (MWA), O-I Glass (OI), LegalZoom.com (LZ), ESCO Technologies (ESE), Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU), Xerox (XRX), and H&E Equipment Services (HEES). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.49% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 8.06%. Lindsay's return on equity of 15.53% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
Alamo Group currently has a consensus price target of $215.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.54%. Lindsay has a consensus price target of $136.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.65%. Given Lindsay's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Alamo Group.
In the previous week, Lindsay had 4 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lindsay and 4 mentions for Alamo Group. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Lindsay's score of 0.51 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alamo Group pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 22.4% 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 a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.2% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.3% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lindsay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamo Group received 17 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.11% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 54.81% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.
Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Lindsay on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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