RAIL vs. ASTE, MLR, PLOW, TWI, WNC, MTW, TWIN, CVGI, CAT, and DE
Should you be buying FreightCar America stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FreightCar America include Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Caterpillar (CAT), and Deere & Company (DE). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
FreightCar America vs.
FreightCar America (NASDAQ:RAIL) and Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
FreightCar America has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Astec Industries has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Astec Industries has a net margin of -0.15% compared to FreightCar America's net margin of -20.66%. Astec Industries' return on equity of 7.69% beat FreightCar America's return on equity.
In the previous week, FreightCar America had 9 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for FreightCar America and 3 mentions for Astec Industries. FreightCar America's average media sentiment score of -0.06 beat Astec Industries' score of -0.18 indicating that FreightCar America is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Astec Industries has higher revenue and earnings than FreightCar America. Astec Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FreightCar America, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Astec Industries received 155 more outperform votes than FreightCar America when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.99% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 52.17% of users gave FreightCar America an outperform vote.
32.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 28.0% of FreightCar America shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Astec Industries has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.27%. Given Astec Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Astec Industries is more favorable than FreightCar America.
Summary
Astec Industries beats FreightCar America on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RAIL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
