MTW vs. AVNT, CAT, GWW, KMT, OSK, TEX, TKR, URI, WOR, and LNN
Should you be buying Manitowoc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manitowoc include Avient (AVNT), Caterpillar (CAT), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Kennametal (KMT), Oshkosh (OSK), Terex (TEX), Timken (TKR), United Rentals (URI), Worthington Enterprises (WOR), and Lindsay (LNN).
Manitowoc vs. Its Competitors
Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Manitowoc currently has a consensus price target of $10.86, indicating a potential downside of 15.68%. Avient has a consensus price target of $46.80, indicating a potential upside of 35.93%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than Manitowoc.
78.7% of Manitowoc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Manitowoc has a beta of 2.03, indicating that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Manitowoc had 2 more articles in the media than Avient. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Manitowoc and 3 mentions for Avient. Avient's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Manitowoc's score of 0.00 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Avient has higher revenue and earnings than Manitowoc. Manitowoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Avient, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Manitowoc pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Manitowoc pays out 6.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Avient is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Avient has a net margin of 3.09% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of 2.09%. Avient's return on equity of 10.48% beat Manitowoc's return on equity.
Summary
Avient beats Manitowoc on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MTW) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
