TEX vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Terex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Terex include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), and Astec Industries (ASTE). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Toro. Terex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Terex received 133 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.61% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.
92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Terex presently has a consensus target price of $65.33, indicating a potential upside of 15.31%. Toro has a consensus target price of $98.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.89%. Given Terex's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Terex is more favorable than Toro.
Terex has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Terex pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 56.9% 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.
In the previous week, Toro had 25 more articles in the media than Terex. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Toro and 4 mentions for Terex. Terex's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Toro's score of 0.74 indicating that Terex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Terex has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Toro's net margin of 6.00%. Terex's return on equity of 30.53% beat Toro's return on equity.
Summary
Terex beats Toro on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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