Wabash National (WNC) Competitors

Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) and Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, WNC or BLBD?

Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Bird. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Bird, 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
Wabash National	$2.54B	0.43	$231.25M	$4.16	5.78
Blue Bird	$1.13B	0.98	$23.81M	$1.90	18.12

Which has more risk and volatility, WNC or BLBD?

Wabash National has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Blue Bird has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WNC or BLBD?

Wabash National received 52 more outperform votes than Blue Bird when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.91% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote while only 59.54% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wabash National	Outperform Votes 359 59.54%	Underperform Votes 244 40.46%
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 307 60.91%	Underperform Votes 197 39.09%

Do analysts rate WNC or BLBD?

Wabash National currently has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential downside of 0.50%. Blue Bird has a consensus target price of $35.42, suggesting a potential upside of 3.44%. Given Blue Bird's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Blue Bird is more favorable than Wabash National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wabash National	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Blue Bird	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to WNC or BLBD?

In the previous week, Wabash National had 12 more articles in the media than Blue Bird. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Wabash National and 6 mentions for Blue Bird. Blue Bird's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Wabash National's score of -0.11 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wabash National	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Blue Bird	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in WNC or BLBD?

97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Blue Bird shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Wabash National shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Blue Bird shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WNC or BLBD more profitable?

Wabash National has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Blue Bird's net margin of 5.04%. Blue Bird's return on equity of 223.85% beat Wabash National's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wabash National	8.15%	37.84%	14.37%
Blue Bird	5.04%	223.85%	17.44%

Summary

Blue Bird beats Wabash National on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.