PLOW vs. MLR, HLLY, HSAI, SHYF, EVGO, LAZR, SMP, CHPT, LEV, and SLDP
Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include Miller Industries (MLR), Holley (HLLY), Hesai Group (HSAI), The Shyft Group (SHYF), EVgo (EVGO), Luminar Technologies (LAZR), Standard Motor Products (SMP), ChargePoint (CHPT), Lion Electric (LEV), and Solid Power (SLDP). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) and Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, Douglas Dynamics and Douglas Dynamics both had 1 articles in the media. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Miller Industries' score of 0.42 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Miller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Miller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Miller Industries has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Douglas Dynamics pays out 122.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Miller Industries pays out 15.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of Miller Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Douglas Dynamics received 117 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.36% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 55.23% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Miller Industries has a net margin of 5.05% compared to Douglas Dynamics' net margin of 4.18%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 17.97% beat Douglas Dynamics' return on equity.
Douglas Dynamics currently has a consensus price target of $43.00, suggesting a potential upside of 79.32%. Given Douglas Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Miller Industries.
Summary
Douglas Dynamics and Miller Industries tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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