Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) Competitors

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) and Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Is PLOW or ALG more profitable?

Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 9.89% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 7.19%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 12.68% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Douglas Dynamics	9.89%	12.68%	4.89%
Alamo Group	7.19%	12.41%	8.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, PLOW or ALG?

Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamo Group has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of PLOW or ALG?

91.8% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alamo Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend PLOW or ALG?

Douglas Dynamics presently has a consensus target price of $29.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.58%. Alamo Group has a consensus target price of $196.33, suggesting a potential downside of 1.48%. Given Douglas Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Alamo Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Douglas Dynamics	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Alamo Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PLOW or ALG?

Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamo Group, 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
Douglas Dynamics	$587.92M	1.09	$23.72M	$2.72	10.19
Alamo Group	$1.59B	1.51	$136.16M	$9.60	20.76

Is PLOW or ALG a better dividend stock?

Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Douglas Dynamics pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamo Group pays out 12.5% 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. Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PLOW or ALG?

Alamo Group received 22 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.86% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 55.11% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Douglas Dynamics	Outperform Votes 286 55.11%	Underperform Votes 233 44.89%
Alamo Group	Outperform Votes 308 62.86%	Underperform Votes 182 37.14%

Does the media refer more to PLOW or ALG?

In the previous week, Alamo Group had 9 more articles in the media than Douglas Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Alamo Group and 10 mentions for Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Alamo Group's score of 1.03 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Douglas Dynamics	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alamo Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alamo Group beats Douglas Dynamics on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.