THOR Industries (THO) Competitors

Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) and THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate WGO or THO?

Winnebago Industries presently has a consensus price target of $51.89, indicating a potential upside of 50.69%. THOR Industries has a consensus price target of $87.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.24%. Given Winnebago Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Winnebago Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
THOR Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WGO or THO?

96.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.6% of Winnebago Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of THOR Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, WGO or THO?

Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, THOR Industries has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WGO or THO?

THOR Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Winnebago Industries. Winnebago Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than THOR Industries, 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
Winnebago Industries	$2.75B	0.35	$13M	-$0.25	-137.74
THOR Industries	$9.50B	0.45	$265.31M	$3.77	21.26

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WGO or THO?

THOR Industries received 197 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.55% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 62.71% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Winnebago Industries	Outperform Votes 380 62.71%	Underperform Votes 226 37.29%
THOR Industries	Outperform Votes 577 63.55%	Underperform Votes 331 36.45%

Is WGO or THO more profitable?

THOR Industries has a net margin of 2.17% compared to Winnebago Industries' net margin of -0.63%. THOR Industries' return on equity of 5.97% beat Winnebago Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Winnebago Industries	-0.63%	5.32%	2.88%
THOR Industries	2.17%	5.97%	3.39%

Is WGO or THO a better dividend stock?

Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Winnebago Industries pays out -544.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. THOR Industries pays out 53.1% 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. Winnebago Industries has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and THOR Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to WGO or THO?

In the previous week, THOR Industries had 5 more articles in the media than Winnebago Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for THOR Industries and 9 mentions for Winnebago Industries. Winnebago Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat THOR Industries' score of 0.59 indicating that Winnebago Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Winnebago Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
THOR Industries	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.