ASTE vs. CMCO, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, MLR, TWI, PLOW, and MTW
Should you be buying Astec Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astec Industries include Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), and Manitowoc (MTW).
Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Columbus McKinnon (NASDAQ:CMCO) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.
Astec Industries presently has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 33.89%. Columbus McKinnon has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. Given Astec Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Astec Industries is more favorable than Columbus McKinnon.
Columbus McKinnon has a net margin of 4.60% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 1.91%. Columbus McKinnon's return on equity of 9.59% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Columbus McKinnon pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Astec Industries pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Columbus McKinnon pays out 17.3% 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.
Astec Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Columbus McKinnon has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Columbus McKinnon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Astec Industries. Columbus McKinnon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Columbus McKinnon had 14 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Columbus McKinnon and 7 mentions for Astec Industries. Astec Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Columbus McKinnon's score of 0.37 indicating that Astec Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Astec Industries received 117 more outperform votes than Columbus McKinnon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 61.34% of users gave Columbus McKinnon an outperform vote.
93.2% of Astec Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Columbus McKinnon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Columbus McKinnon beats Astec Industries on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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