LNN vs. ALG, HLIO, B, UFPT, GIC, HOLI, AZZ, CDRE, EPAC, and ERII
Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Alamo Group (ALG), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Barnes Group (B), UFP Technologies (UFPT), Global Industrial (GIC), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), AZZ (AZZ), Cadre (CDRE), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), and Energy Recovery (ERII). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) and Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.
Alamo Group received 18 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.09% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 55.20% 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.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 8.07%. Lindsay's return on equity of 16.84% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lindsay and Lindsay both had 2 articles in the media. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of -0.23 beat Lindsay's score of -0.33 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.3% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.2% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lindsay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Alamo Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lindsay has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamo Group has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lindsay presently has a consensus target price of $142.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.05%. Alamo Group has a consensus target price of $207.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.79%. Given Lindsay's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Alamo Group.
Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lindsay pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamo Group pays out 7.9% 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.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Lindsay on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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