Titan International (TWI) Competitors

Titan International (NYSE:TWI) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TWI or LNN?

Titan International received 53 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.27% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Titan International	Outperform Votes 337 61.27%	Underperform Votes 213 38.73%
Lindsay	Outperform Votes 284 54.62%	Underperform Votes 236 45.38%

Do analysts rate TWI or LNN?

Titan International currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.77%. Lindsay has a consensus price target of $128.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.73%. Given Titan International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Titan International is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Titan International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TWI or LNN?

Titan International has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, 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
Titan International	$1.85B	0.31	$78.76M	-$0.21	-42.67
Lindsay	$647.54M	2.30	$66.26M	$7.03	19.52

Is TWI or LNN a better dividend stock?

Titan International pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Titan International pays out -9.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 20.5% 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. Lindsay has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TWI or LNN?

80.4% of Titan International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. 25.0% of Titan International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Lindsay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, TWI or LNN?

Titan International has a beta of 1.95, indicating that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TWI or LNN more profitable?

Lindsay has a net margin of 11.18% compared to Titan International's net margin of -0.51%. Lindsay's return on equity of 13.17% beat Titan International's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titan International	-0.51%	5.76%	2.04%
Lindsay	11.18%	13.17%	8.33%

Does the media favor TWI or LNN?

In the previous week, Titan International had 10 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Titan International and 8 mentions for Lindsay. Titan International's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Lindsay's score of 0.93 indicating that Titan International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Titan International	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Lindsay	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Titan International beats Lindsay on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.