Lindsay (LNN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, AGCO or LNN?

AGCO has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AGCO or LNN?

78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.9% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Lindsay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, AGCO or LNN?

Lindsay has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AGCO. AGCO 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
AGCO	$11.66B	0.70	-$424.80M	-$7.80	-14.09
Lindsay	$607.07M	2.60	$66.26M	$6.96	20.92

Do analysts rate AGCO or LNN?

AGCO presently has a consensus price target of $104.10, indicating a potential downside of 5.29%. Lindsay has a consensus price target of $136.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.57%. Given AGCO's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media refer more to AGCO or LNN?

In the previous week, AGCO and AGCO both had 7 articles in the media. AGCO's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Lindsay's score of 0.34 indicating that AGCO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGCO	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lindsay	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is AGCO or LNN more profitable?

Lindsay has a net margin of 11.21% compared to AGCO's net margin of -5.40%. Lindsay's return on equity of 15.09% beat AGCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGCO	-5.40%	10.60%	3.35%
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 $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. AGCO pays out -14.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 20.7% 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. AGCO has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Lindsay has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. AGCO is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

AGCO and Lindsay tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.