LNN vs. TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, WNC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, PLOW, and MTW
Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), and Manitowoc (MTW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.
Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Terex pays out 9.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 22.3% 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. Terex has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Lindsay has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Terex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Terex has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Terex presently has a consensus target price of $65.33, indicating a potential upside of 10.19%. Lindsay has a consensus target price of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 22.79%. Given Terex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Terex.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Lindsay's net margin of 9.87%. Lindsay's return on equity of 30.53% beat Terex's return on equity.
92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lindsay shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Terex had 8 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Terex and 0 mentions for Lindsay. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Terex's score of -0.76 indicating that Terex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Terex received 317 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.06% of users gave Terex an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.
Summary
Terex beats Lindsay on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LNN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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