WGO vs. THO, HLMN, PRIM, JBI, JELD, PGTI, ROCK, USLM, FTDR, and GVA
Should you be buying Winnebago Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Winnebago Industries include THOR Industries (THO), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Primoris Services (PRIM), Janus International Group (JBI), JELD-WEN (JELD), PGT Innovations (PGTI), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Frontdoor (FTDR), and Granite Construction (GVA). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) and THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
96.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Winnebago Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Winnebago Industries had 8 more articles in the media than THOR Industries. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Winnebago Industries and 15 mentions for THOR Industries. THOR Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Winnebago Industries' score of 0.37 indicating that THOR Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, THOR Industries has a beta of 1.79, indicating that its stock price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Winnebago Industries pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. THOR Industries pays out 38.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Winnebago Industries has a net margin of 3.70% compared to THOR Industries' net margin of 2.62%. Winnebago Industries' return on equity of 14.15% beat THOR Industries' return on equity.
THOR Industries received 214 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 63.57% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.
Winnebago Industries currently has a consensus price target of $71.80, suggesting a potential downside of 2.97%. THOR Industries has a consensus price target of $104.00, suggesting a potential downside of 11.37%. Given Winnebago Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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