ASTE vs. TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, MLR, PLOW, TWI, WNC, MTW, and RAIL
Should you be buying Astec Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astec Industries include Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Miller Industries (MLR), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Astec Industries vs.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.
In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 12 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Trinity Industries and 3 mentions for Astec Industries. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Astec Industries' score of -0.18 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astec Industries has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Astec Industries received 8 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.99% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote.
Trinity Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Astec Industries. Astec Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trinity Industries has a net margin of 4.49% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of -0.15%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 11.78% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Trinity Industries presently has a consensus price target of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.83%. Astec Industries has a consensus price target of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.27%. Given Astec Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Astec Industries is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Trinity Industries pays out 73.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Astec Industries pays out -650.0% 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. Trinity Industries has increased 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.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats Astec Industries on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ASTE) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
