Terex (TEX) Competitors

Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.

Is TEX or TTC a better dividend stock?

Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Terex pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 38.9% 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. Toro has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TEX or TTC?

Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Terex. Terex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, 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
Terex	$5.13B	0.47	$335M	$4.96	7.27
Toro	$4.58B	1.51	$418.90M	$3.91	17.70

Which has more risk & volatility, TEX or TTC?

Terex has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TEX or TTC more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Terex's net margin of 6.54%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Terex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terex	6.54%	21.99%	9.47%
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TEX or TTC?

Terex received 138 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.97% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 57.10% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Terex	Outperform Votes 607 57.10%	Underperform Votes 456 42.90%
Toro	Outperform Votes 469 68.97%	Underperform Votes 211 31.03%

Does the media prefer TEX or TTC?

In the previous week, Toro had 8 more articles in the media than Terex. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Toro and 8 mentions for Terex. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Terex's score of 1.03 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Terex	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toro	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TEX or TTC?

92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend TEX or TTC?

Terex presently has a consensus target price of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.39%. Toro has a consensus target price of $89.75, suggesting a potential upside of 29.68%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Terex.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terex	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

Toro beats Terex on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.