VMI vs. TEX, WIRE, SEE, FELE, VRRM, ENS, SLGN, MSM, BDC, and KAI
Should you be buying Valmont Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valmont Industries include Terex (TEX), Encore Wire (WIRE), Sealed Air (SEE), Franklin Electric (FELE), Verra Mobility (VRRM), EnerSys (ENS), Silgan (SLGN), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Belden (BDC), and Kadant (KAI). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Valmont Industries (NYSE:VMI) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
Terex has a net margin of 10.06% compared to Terex's net margin of 3.44%. Valmont Industries' return on equity of 32.89% beat Terex's return on equity.
Terex currently has a consensus price target of $65.08, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Valmont Industries has a consensus price target of $262.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.02%. Given Terex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valmont Industries is more favorable than Terex.
92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.8% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Valmont Industries shares are owned by 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.
Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Valmont Industries. Terex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valmont Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Terex received 271 more outperform votes than Valmont Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.76% of users gave Valmont Industries an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Terex had 9 more articles in the media than Valmont Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Terex and 6 mentions for Valmont Industries. Valmont Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Terex's score of 0.68 indicating that Terex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Terex has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valmont Industries has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Valmont Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Terex pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valmont Industries pays out 35.6% 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. Terex has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Valmont Industries has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Valmont Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Terex beats Valmont Industries on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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