ASTE vs. PLOW, MTW, GENC, CMCO, XMTR, ERII, PRLB, KRNT, DXPE, and OFLX
Should you be buying Astec Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astec Industries include Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), Gencor Industries (GENC), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), Kornit Digital (KRNT), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and Omega Flex (OFLX).
Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Astec Industries and Astec Industries both had 8 articles in the media. Astec Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Douglas Dynamics' score of 0.66 indicating that Astec Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held 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.
Astec Industries has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 1.91%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 12.95% 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%. Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Astec Industries pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Dynamics pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Astec Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Astec Industries currently has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.09%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.56%. Given Astec Industries' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Astec Industries is more favorable than Douglas Dynamics.
Astec Industries received 120 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Summary
Astec Industries beats Douglas Dynamics on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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