Lindsay (LNN) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts prefer AGCO or LNN?

AGCO presently has a consensus price target of $109.63, suggesting a potential downside of 2.83%. Lindsay has a consensus price target of $136.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.87%. Given Lindsay's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than AGCO.

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

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, AGCO or LNN?

AGCO has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$11.66B	0.72	-$424.80M	$1.34	84.19
Lindsay	$607.07M	2.48	$66.26M	$6.96	19.91

Does the media favor AGCO or LNN?

In the previous week, AGCO had 23 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for AGCO and 6 mentions for Lindsay. AGCO's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Lindsay's score of 0.66 indicating that AGCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGCO	12 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lindsay	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AGCO or LNN a better dividend stock?

AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Lindsay has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Lindsay beats AGCO on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.