PLOW vs. AXL, DBI, HZO, MCRI, VSTO, CREVW, ECXWW, HYZNW, INVZW, and NCNCW
Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include American Axle & Manufacturing (AXL), Designer Brands (DBI), MarineMax (HZO), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), Vista Outdoor (VSTO), Carbon Revolution Public (CREVW), ECARX (ECXWW), Hyzon Motors (HYZNW), Innoviz Technologies (INVZW), and noco-noco (NCNCW).
Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) and American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE:AXL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Axle & Manufacturing has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Dynamics currently has a consensus target price of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 90.31%. American Axle & Manufacturing has a consensus target price of $7.70, suggesting a potential upside of 13.91%. Given Douglas Dynamics' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than American Axle & Manufacturing.
Douglas Dynamics has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Axle & Manufacturing. American Axle & Manufacturing is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of American Axle & Manufacturing shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Axle & Manufacturing received 168 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.58% of users gave American Axle & Manufacturing an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Douglas Dynamics had 20 more articles in the media than American Axle & Manufacturing. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Douglas Dynamics and 6 mentions for American Axle & Manufacturing. American Axle & Manufacturing's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat Douglas Dynamics' score of -0.03 indicating that American Axle & Manufacturing is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.18% compared to American Axle & Manufacturing's net margin of -0.55%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 10.18% beat American Axle & Manufacturing's return on equity.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics beats American Axle & Manufacturing on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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