Lindsay (LNN) Competitors

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Is AGCO or LNN more profitable?

Lindsay has a net margin of 11.21% compared to AGCO's net margin of 0.98%. Lindsay's return on equity of 15.09% beat AGCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGCO	0.98%	8.27%	2.71%
Lindsay	11.21%	15.09%	9.54%

Is AGCO or LNN a better dividend stock?

AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. AGCO pays out 86.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Lindsay pays out 21.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Lindsay has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AGCO or LNN?

78.8% of AGCO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. 16.9% of AGCO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Lindsay shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, AGCO or LNN?

AGCO has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AGCO or LNN?

Lindsay has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AGCO. Lindsay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGCO, 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	$10.17B	0.79	-$424.80M	$1.34	80.26
Lindsay	$677.81M	2.21	$66.26M	$6.96	19.80

Do analysts recommend AGCO or LNN?

AGCO currently has a consensus price target of $109.38, suggesting a potential upside of 1.70%. Lindsay has a consensus price target of $136.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.33%. Given AGCO's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AGCO is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGCO	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer AGCO or LNN?

In the previous week, AGCO had 18 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for AGCO and 8 mentions for Lindsay. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat AGCO's score of 0.74 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGCO	8 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lindsay	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AGCO and Lindsay tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.