Miller Industries (MLR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MLR or LNN?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Miller Industries	Outperform Votes 168 69.14%	Underperform Votes 75 30.86%
Lindsay	Outperform Votes 284 54.62%	Underperform Votes 236 45.38%

Do analysts rate MLR or LNN?

Miller Industries currently has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.31%. Lindsay has a consensus target price of $128.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.72%. Given Miller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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

Is MLR or LNN more profitable?

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 Industries	5.23%	18.76%	9.79%
Lindsay	11.18%	13.17%	8.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, MLR or LNN?

Miller Industries has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MLR or LNN a better dividend stock?

Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Miller Industries pays out 17.0% 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. Miller Industries has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and 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.

Does the media prefer MLR or LNN?

In the previous week, Miller Industries had 2 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Miller Industries and 6 mentions for Lindsay. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Miller Industries' score of 1.35 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 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)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of MLR or LNN?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MLR or LNN?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Miller Industries	$1.13B	0.45	$58.29M	$4.71	9.50
Lindsay	$647.54M	2.30	$66.26M	$7.03	19.52

Summary

Miller Industries beats Lindsay on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.