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$132.84 +2.44 (+1.87%)
Closing price 05/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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LNN vs. FSS, TEX, ALG, TRN, GBX, ASTE, PLOW, MLR, TWI, and WNC

Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Alamo Group (ALG), Trinity Industries (TRN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), and Wabash National (WNC). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Lindsay vs.

Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Lindsay has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Federal Signal had 24 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Federal Signal and 8 mentions for Lindsay. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Federal Signal's score of 0.91 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lindsay
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Federal Signal
11 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Federal Signal has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Lindsay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lindsay$647.54M2.23$66.26M$7.0318.90
Federal Signal$1.86B2.84$157.40M$3.5124.65

Lindsay presently has a consensus target price of $128.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.64%. Federal Signal has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.82%. Given Federal Signal's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Federal Signal is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lindsay
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Federal Signal
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Lindsay's net margin of 11.18%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.46% beat Lindsay's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lindsay11.18% 13.17% 8.33%
Federal Signal 11.57%18.46%11.84%

Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Lindsay pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.0% 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. Lindsay has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Federal Signal has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Federal Signal received 27 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.24% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
LindsayOutperform Votes
284
54.62%
Underperform Votes
236
45.38%
Federal SignalOutperform Votes
311
58.24%
Underperform Votes
223
41.76%

89.9% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lindsay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Federal Signal shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Federal Signal beats Lindsay on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LNN vs. The Competition

MetricLindsayFarm machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.44B$23.55B$7.33B$19.21B
Dividend Yield1.12%1.16%3.56%4.00%
P/E Ratio21.3212.0321.2033.45
Price / Sales2.231.2384.4129.18
Price / Cash18.0612.0526.9017.52
Price / Book3.012.743.794.55
Net Income$66.26M$1.15B$808.20M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.15%10.22%4.76%2.25%
1 Month Performance2.87%6.07%5.31%2.90%
1 Year Performance12.30%-16.16%15.03%4.62%

Lindsay Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNN
Lindsay
3.0414 of 5 stars
$132.84
+1.9%
$128.00
-3.6%
+10.8%$1.44B$647.54M21.321,260Short Interest ↓
Positive News
FSS
Federal Signal
1.7044 of 5 stars
$75.06
-0.3%
$95.00
+26.6%
+5.1%$4.59B$1.86B21.764,100Earnings Report
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TEX
Terex
4.8712 of 5 stars
$35.82
-0.4%
$45.60
+27.3%
-30.7%$2.37B$5.13B7.229,300Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
ALG
Alamo Group
3.8062 of 5 stars
$168.80
+0.1%
$196.33
+16.3%
-11.0%$2.04B$1.63B17.004,200
TRN
Trinity Industries
4.08 of 5 stars
$24.88
-0.9%
$29.33
+17.9%
-17.0%$2.03B$3.08B15.179,220Earnings Report
News Coverage
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.8812 of 5 stars
$42.34
-0.2%
$57.00
+34.6%
-14.2%$1.33B$3.51B7.3914,400
ASTE
Astec Industries
1.0406 of 5 stars
$35.27
-0.4%
$39.00
+10.6%
+15.0%$804.30M$1.31B-440.824,290Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.0051 of 5 stars
$24.06
+0.8%
$29.00
+20.5%
+5.3%$555.74M$568.50M10.461,810Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
MLR
Miller Industries
3.5867 of 5 stars
$41.27
-0.5%
$82.00
+98.7%
-17.0%$472.91M$1.26B6.841,450Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
TWI
Titan International
3.8301 of 5 stars
$7.37
-1.1%
$11.00
+49.3%
-32.7%$465.77M$1.85B-61.427,500Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
WNC
Wabash National
3.9136 of 5 stars
$10.04
+0.1%
$14.00
+39.4%
-64.2%$424.56M$1.95B-1.546,900Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:LNN) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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