Titan International (TWI) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, LNN or TWI?

Lindsay has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 1.95, suggesting that its stock price is 95% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LNN or TWI?

Titan International received 52 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.20% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote while only 54.62% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lindsay	Outperform Votes 284 54.62%	Underperform Votes 236 45.38%
Titan International	Outperform Votes 336 61.20%	Underperform Votes 213 38.80%

Do analysts rate LNN or TWI?

Lindsay currently has a consensus price target of $128.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.64%. Titan International has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 56.14%. Given Titan International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Titan International is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Titan International	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.50

Is LNN or TWI a better dividend stock?

Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Titan International pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Lindsay pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Titan International pays out -9.5% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, LNN or TWI?

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
Lindsay	$647.54M	2.30	$66.26M	$7.03	19.50
Titan International	$1.85B	0.24	$78.76M	-$0.21	-33.55

Is LNN or TWI 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
Lindsay	11.18%	13.17%	8.33%
Titan International	-0.51%	5.76%	2.04%

Do institutionals & insiders believe in LNN or TWI?

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

Does the media favor LNN or TWI?

In the previous week, Lindsay had 4 more articles in the media than Titan International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Lindsay and 2 mentions for Titan International. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Titan International's score of 0.89 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Lindsay and Titan International tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.