TWI vs. ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, MLR, PLOW, MTW, TWIN, and CVGI
Should you be buying Titan International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Titan International include Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), and Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Titan International (NYSE:TWI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan International has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamo Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Titan International. Titan International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamo Group presently has a consensus price target of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.74%. Given Titan International's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alamo Group is more favorable than Titan International.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 2 more articles in the media than Titan International. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Alamo Group and 2 mentions for Titan International. Titan International's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Alamo Group's score of -0.50 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Titan International received 33 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 62.41% of users gave Titan International an outperform vote.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.4% of Titan International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 32.5% of Titan International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 3.20%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 17.27% beat Titan International's return on equity.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Titan International on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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