Twin Disc (TWIN) Competitors

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

Is TWIN or MTW a better dividend stock?

Twin Disc pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Manitowoc pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Twin Disc pays out 23.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manitowoc pays out 5.2% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, TWIN or MTW?

Twin Disc has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manitowoc has a beta of 1.79, meaning that its share price is 79% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TWIN or MTW?

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
Twin Disc	$321.40M	0.29	$10.99M	$0.67	9.94
Manitowoc	$2.18B	0.12	$55.80M	$1.55	4.80

Is TWIN or MTW 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
Twin Disc	2.92%	4.24%	2.09%
Manitowoc	2.56%	2.46%	0.83%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TWIN or MTW?

65.3% of Twin Disc shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Manitowoc shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.3% of Twin Disc shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Manitowoc shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TWIN or MTW?

Manitowoc received 159 more outperform votes than Twin Disc when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.67% of users gave Twin Disc an outperform vote while only 55.61% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Twin Disc	Outperform Votes 282 62.67%	Underperform Votes 168 37.33%
Manitowoc	Outperform Votes 441 55.61%	Underperform Votes 352 44.39%

Do analysts prefer TWIN or MTW?

Manitowoc has a consensus target price of $10.66, indicating a potential upside of 43.28%. Given Manitowoc's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Twin Disc.

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

Does the media prefer TWIN or MTW?

In the previous week, Manitowoc had 7 more articles in the media than Twin Disc. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Manitowoc and 2 mentions for Twin Disc. Manitowoc's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Twin Disc's score of 0.02 indicating that Manitowoc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Twin Disc	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Manitowoc	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Manitowoc beats Twin Disc on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.