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.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Terex (NYSE:TEX) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
Terex has a net margin of 9.87% compared to Terex's net margin of 6.53%. Toro's return on equity of 30.53% beat Terex's return on equity.
Terex received 133 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.72% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.
88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terex has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro currently has a consensus price target of $96.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.03%. Terex has a consensus price target of $65.33, indicating a potential upside of 9.49%. Given Terex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than Terex.
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.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Terex pays out 9.0% 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 has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Terex has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Toro had 13 more articles in the media than Terex. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Toro and 6 mentions for Terex. Terex's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Toro's score of 0.20 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Terex beats Toro on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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