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FreightCar America (RAIL) Competitors

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$10.39 +0.53 (+5.38%)
(As of 11/14/2024 ET)

RAIL vs. MLR, PLOW, TWI, MTW, TWIN, CVGI, GBX, TRN, WAB, and CAT

Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Miller Industries (MLR), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), and Caterpillar (CAT). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

FreightCar America vs.

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) and FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

79.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of FreightCar America shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 28.0% of FreightCar America shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

FreightCar America received 84 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.01% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 52.18% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Miller IndustriesOutperform Votes
167
69.01%
Underperform Votes
75
30.99%
FreightCar AmericaOutperform Votes
251
52.18%
Underperform Votes
230
47.82%

In the previous week, FreightCar America had 3 more articles in the media than Miller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for FreightCar America and 11 mentions for Miller Industries. FreightCar America's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Miller Industries' score of 0.53 indicating that FreightCar America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Miller Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
FreightCar America
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Miller Industries currently has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.68%. Given Miller Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than FreightCar America.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Miller Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
FreightCar America
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Miller Industries has higher revenue and earnings than FreightCar America. FreightCar America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Miller Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Miller Industries$1.15B0.67$58.29M$6.0311.18
FreightCar America$358.09M0.55-$23.59M-$4.24-2.45

Miller Industries has a net margin of 5.23% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -20.66%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 19.17% beat FreightCar America's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Miller Industries5.23% 19.17% 9.99%
FreightCar America -20.66%-41.24%8.76%

Miller Industries has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FreightCar America has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Miller Industries beats FreightCar America on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RAIL vs. The Competition

MetricFreightCar AmericaRailroad equipment IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$196.06M$7.83B$322.66B$8.88B
Dividend YieldN/A1.72%4.39%4.04%
P/E Ratio-2.4518.3214.5717.46
Price / Sales0.5514.5353.8392.99
Price / Cash50.7522.2613.0636.42
Price / Book-4.031.872.205.86
Net Income-$23.59M$788.98M$570.30M$225.23M
7 Day Performance-31.78%-7.41%-0.92%-1.15%
1 Month Performance-11.87%5.41%1.53%3.63%
1 Year Performance344.02%77.53%15.95%24.95%

FreightCar America Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RAIL
FreightCar America
2.548 of 5 stars
$10.39
+5.4%
N/A+347.8%$196.06M$358.09M-2.452,023Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
MLR
Miller Industries
2.8715 of 5 stars
$67.39
-1.8%
$82.00
+21.7%
+67.1%$771.62M$1.15B11.181,821Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.7718 of 5 stars
$25.00
-1.4%
$28.50
+14.0%
-10.2%$577.25M$568.18M10.871,804
TWI
Titan International
2.752 of 5 stars
$6.92
-3.4%
N/A-48.0%$451.44M$1.85B-57.636,900Analyst Upgrade
MTW
Manitowoc
3.9571 of 5 stars
$10.67
+0.9%
$12.47
+16.9%
-26.2%$374.66M$2.23B-39.504,800
TWIN
Twin Disc
2.9268 of 5 stars
$12.03
+0.5%
N/A-16.2%$169.67M$304.47M17.96910
CVGI
Commercial Vehicle Group
4.653 of 5 stars
$2.57
-0.4%
$10.00
+289.1%
-56.8%$88.67M$994.68M2.528,200
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
3.9325 of 5 stars
$66.13
+0.3%
$60.00
-9.3%
+78.2%$2.07B$3.54B13.3114,200News Coverage
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.1663 of 5 stars
$37.37
-1.3%
$34.00
-9.0%
+53.8%$3.07B$3.25B18.239,480
WAB
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies
3.741 of 5 stars
$196.71
-1.1%
$175.30
-10.9%
+70.3%$33.81B$9.68B32.7929,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CAT
Caterpillar
4.6902 of 5 stars
$387.36
+0.1%
$365.33
-5.7%
+56.3%$187.02B$67.06B17.96113,200Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓

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This page (NASDAQ:RAIL) was last updated on 11/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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