Twin Disc (TWIN) Competitors

Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) and Twin Disc (NASDAQ:TWIN) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc received 163 more outperform votes than Twin Disc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.33% of users gave Twin Disc an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Manitowoc	Outperform Votes 441 55.68%	Underperform Votes 351 44.32%
Twin Disc	Outperform Votes 278 62.33%	Underperform Votes 168 37.67%

Do analysts recommend MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc currently has a consensus target price of $11.76, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Manitowoc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Twin Disc.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Manitowoc	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.60
Twin Disc	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in MTW or TWIN?

78.7% of Manitowoc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of Twin Disc shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.3% of Twin Disc 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.

Does the media refer more to MTW or TWIN?

In the previous week, Twin Disc had 4 more articles in the media than Manitowoc. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Twin Disc and 0 mentions for Manitowoc. Twin Disc's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat Manitowoc's score of 0.00 indicating that Twin Disc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Manitowoc	Neutral
Twin Disc	Neutral

Is MTW or TWIN more profitable?

Twin Disc has a net margin of 2.92% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of 2.56%. Twin Disc's return on equity of 4.24% beat Manitowoc's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Manitowoc	2.56%	2.46%	0.83%
Twin Disc	2.92%	4.24%	2.09%

Which has more risk & volatility, MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Twin Disc has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, MTW or TWIN?

Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Twin Disc. Manitowoc is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Twin Disc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Manitowoc	$2.18B	0.17	$55.80M	$1.55	6.94
Twin Disc	$295.13M	0.42	$10.99M	$0.67	13.06

Summary

Twin Disc beats Manitowoc on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.