TRN vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, and ASTE
Should you be buying Trinity Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trinity Industries include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), 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 Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Toro pays out 52.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Toro has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Toro received 68 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.82% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Toro has a net margin of 6.53% compared to Toro's net margin of 3.98%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 26.66% beat Toro's return on equity.
88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Toro had 5 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Toro and 2 mentions for Trinity Industries. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Trinity Industries' score of 0.99 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro currently has a consensus target price of $98.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.11%. Trinity Industries has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.54%. Given Trinity Industries' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Summary
Toro beats Trinity Industries on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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