Finning International - FINGF Competitors

Finning International (OTCMKTS:FINGF) and Andritz (OTCMKTS:ADRZF) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FINGF or ADRZF?

Finning International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Andritz, 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
Finning International	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.76	13.65
Andritz	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.07	65.95

Does the media prefer FINGF or ADRZF?

In the previous week, Andritz had 1 more articles in the media than Finning International. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Andritz and 0 mentions for Finning International. Andritz's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Finning International's score of 0.00 indicating that Andritz is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Finning International	Neutral
Andritz	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FINGF or ADRZF?

Finning International received 109 more outperform votes than Andritz when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Andritz an outperform vote while only 68.75% of users gave Finning International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Finning International	Outperform Votes 110 68.75%	Underperform Votes 50 31.25%
Andritz	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts rate FINGF or ADRZF?

Finning International currently has a consensus price target of $42.75, suggesting a potential upside of 78.05%. Given Finning International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Finning International is more favorable than Andritz.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Finning International	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Andritz	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FINGF or ADRZF?

35.6% of Finning International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.0% of Andritz shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FINGF or ADRZF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Finning International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Andritz	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is FINGF or ADRZF a better dividend stock?

Finning International pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Andritz pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Finning International pays out 37.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Andritz pays out 46.7% 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. Finning International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Finning International beats Andritz on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.