RAIL vs. WNC, MTW, TWIN, CVGI, CAT, DE, PCAR, CMI, WAB, and TTC
Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Caterpillar (CAT), Deere & Company (DE), PACCAR (PCAR), Cummins (CMI), Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), and Toro (TTC). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
FreightCar America vs.
Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) and FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Wabash National has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FreightCar America has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.1% of Wabash National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.0% of FreightCar America shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Wabash National 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wabash National has a net margin of -14.59% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -20.66%. Wabash National's return on equity of 14.72% beat FreightCar America's return on equity.
Wabash National received 105 more outperform votes than FreightCar America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.95% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote while only 52.37% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.
FreightCar America has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wabash National. FreightCar America is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wabash National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, FreightCar America had 5 more articles in the media than Wabash National. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for FreightCar America and 4 mentions for Wabash National. FreightCar America's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Wabash National's score of -0.18 indicating that FreightCar America is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FreightCar America pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Wabash National pays out -4.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FreightCar America pays out -12.0% 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. FreightCar America is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Wabash National presently has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.34%. Given Wabash National's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wabash National is more favorable than FreightCar America.
Summary
FreightCar America beats Wabash National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RAIL) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
