Lindsay (LNN) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LNN or ALG?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lindsay	Outperform Votes 276 55.20%	Underperform Votes 224 44.80%
Alamo Group	Outperform Votes 294 63.09%	Underperform Votes 172 36.91%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LNN or ALG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lindsay	$674.08M	1.96	$72.38M	$6.55	18.27
Alamo Group	$1.66B	1.36	$101.93M	$11.17	16.78

Is LNN or ALG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lindsay	10.74%	16.84%	10.03%
Alamo Group	8.07%	15.92%	9.47%

Does the media refer more to LNN or ALG?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lindsay	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Alamo Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in LNN or ALG?

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, LNN or ALG?

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.

Do analysts rate LNN or ALG?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Alamo Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LNN or ALG a better dividend stock?

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.