WNC vs. TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, MLR, TWI, PLOW, MTW, and TWIN
Should you be buying Wabash National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabash National include Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Wabash National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Industries received 38 more outperform votes than Wabash National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 59.24% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.
Wabash National has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trinity Industries. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wabash National has a net margin of 6.66% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 3.98%. Wabash National's return on equity of 28.24% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
In the previous week, Wabash National had 18 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Wabash National and 6 mentions for Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Wabash National's score of 0.06 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Wabash National pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Wabash National currently has a consensus target price of $23.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.11%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.91%. Given Wabash National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wabash National is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Wabash National has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its stock price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Wabash National beats Trinity Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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