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MLR vs. LNN, GBX, ASTE, PLOW, TWI, WNC, MTW, RAIL, TWIN, and CVGI

Should you be buying Miller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Miller Industries include Lindsay (LNN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), FreightCar America (RAIL), Twin Disc (TWIN), and Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Miller Industries vs.

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.

Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Miller Industries pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 20.5% 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 increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Miller Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Miller Industries$1.26B0.39$58.29M$5.497.73
Lindsay$647.54M2.21$66.26M$7.0318.73

79.2% of Miller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Miller Industries 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Miller Industries currently has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 93.12%. Lindsay has a consensus target price of $128.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.80%. Given Miller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Miller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Lindsay
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

In the previous week, Lindsay had 4 more articles in the media than Miller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Lindsay and 4 mentions for Miller Industries. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Miller Industries' score of 1.29 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Miller Industries has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Lindsay received 116 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.14% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Miller IndustriesOutperform Votes
168
69.14%
Underperform Votes
75
30.86%
LindsayOutperform Votes
284
54.62%
Underperform Votes
236
45.38%

Lindsay has a net margin of 11.18% compared to Miller Industries' net margin of 5.23%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 18.76% beat Lindsay's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Miller Industries5.23% 18.76% 9.79%
Lindsay 11.18%13.17%8.33%

Summary

Miller Industries beats Lindsay on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MLR vs. The Competition

MetricMiller IndustriesTruck & bus bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$488.10M$321.34M$16.92B$18.96B
Dividend Yield1.94%1.94%3.08%4.01%
P/E Ratio7.069.0217.1332.88
Price / Sales0.3979.759.8028.03
Price / Cash9.749.4310.9417.52
Price / Book1.403.861.764.47
Net Income$58.29M-$6.47M$1.42B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.58%-0.03%0.81%0.59%
1 Month Performance-2.34%-4.76%-1.86%-3.54%
1 Year Performance-16.86%-35.35%-13.26%3.80%

Miller Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLR
Miller Industries
3.5856 of 5 stars
$42.41
+2.0%
$82.00
+93.4%
-15.5%$485.97M$1.26B7.031,450Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
LNN
Lindsay
3.0346 of 5 stars
$128.31
-0.3%
$128.00
-0.2%
+11.4%$1.39B$647.54M20.591,260Short Interest ↓
Positive News
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
4.8804 of 5 stars
$42.34
-0.2%
$57.00
+34.6%
-13.3%$1.33B$3.51B7.3914,400
ASTE
Astec Industries
1.0336 of 5 stars
$35.27
-0.4%
$39.00
+10.6%
+10.7%$804.30M$1.31B-440.824,290Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.005 of 5 stars
$24.06
+0.8%
$29.00
+20.5%
+5.8%$555.74M$568.50M10.461,810Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TWI
Titan International
3.8306 of 5 stars
$7.37
-1.1%
$11.00
+49.3%
-43.1%$465.77M$1.85B-61.427,500Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
WNC
Wabash National
3.918 of 5 stars
$10.04
+0.1%
$14.00
+39.4%
-66.7%$424.56M$1.95B-1.546,900Earnings Report
News Coverage
Gap Up
MTW
Manitowoc
4.4247 of 5 stars
$8.00
-0.9%
$10.66
+33.3%
-31.2%$283.54M$2.18B5.164,800Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
Gap Up
RAIL
FreightCar America
3.6956 of 5 stars
$6.05
-4.6%
N/A+68.6%$115.30M$559.43M-1.431,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TWIN
Twin Disc
4.1096 of 5 stars
$6.75
-0.9%
$12.00
+77.8%
-55.1%$95.49M$321.40M10.07760
CVGI
Commercial Vehicle Group
4.57 of 5 stars
$0.91
-8.8%
$10.00
+996.5%
-84.0%$31.59M$723.36M0.897,600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
Gap Up

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This page (NYSE:MLR) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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