Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings and institutional ownership.
Institutional and Insider Ownership
86.0% of Miller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Miller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Miller Industries and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Miller Industries | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2.75 |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a consensus price target of $82.8571, indicating a potential upside of 11.41%. Given Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is more favorable than Miller Industries.
Dividends
Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 11.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Miller Industries has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Profitability
This table compares Miller Industries and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Miller Industries | 4.36% | 11.17% | 7.50% |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | 5.29% | 7.60% | 3.99% |
Volatility and Risk
Miller Industries has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Miller Industries and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Miller Industries | $818.17 million | 0.64 | $39.11 million | N/A | N/A |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies | $8.20 billion | 1.71 | $326.70 million | $4.17 | 17.83 |
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Miller Industries.
Summary
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies beats Miller Industries on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.