WNC vs. TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, MLR, TWI, PLOW, MTW, and TWIN
Should you be buying Wabash National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabash National include Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) are both transportation companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Wabash National has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Trinity Industries. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Wabash National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Wabash National had 1 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Wabash National and 1 mentions for Trinity Industries. Wabash National's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Trinity Industries' score of 1.02 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Wabash National has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Wabash National's net margin of 3.98%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 37.84% beat Wabash National's return on equity.
Trinity Industries received 38 more outperform votes than Wabash National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.42% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Trinity Industries pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wabash National pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Trinity Industries presently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.43%. Wabash National has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.15%. Given Trinity Industries' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Wabash National is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Summary
Wabash National beats Trinity Industries on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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