FSS vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Terex (TEX), 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.
Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Federal Signal has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Toro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Federal Signal pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 52.6% 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.
Toro received 158 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.72% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.48% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Toro had 8 more articles in the media than Federal Signal. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Toro and 11 mentions for Federal Signal. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Toro's score of 0.45 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Federal Signal presently has a consensus target price of $70.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.39%. Toro has a consensus target price of $96.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.03%. Given Toro's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 10.31% compared to Toro's net margin of 6.53%. Toro's return on equity of 26.66% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. Toro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Federal Signal beats Toro on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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