AGCO (AGCO) Competitors

AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is AGCO or TTC more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat AGCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AGCO	-3.64%	13.40%	4.32%
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%

Do analysts recommend AGCO or TTC?

AGCO currently has a consensus price target of $100.90, indicating a potential upside of 17.54%. Toro has a consensus price target of $89.75, indicating a potential upside of 31.27%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than AGCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AGCO	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media refer more to AGCO or TTC?

In the previous week, AGCO had 18 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for AGCO and 13 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat AGCO's score of 0.65 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGCO	10 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toro	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AGCO or TTC a better dividend stock?

AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. AGCO pays out -20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 38.9% 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. AGCO has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Toro has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, AGCO or TTC?

AGCO has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AGCO or TTC?

78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGCO or TTC?

Toro received 3 more outperform votes than AGCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 51.15% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGCO	Outperform Votes 466 51.15%	Underperform Votes 445 48.85%
Toro	Outperform Votes 469 68.97%	Underperform Votes 211 31.03%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, AGCO or TTC?

Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than AGCO. AGCO is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, 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
AGCO	$11.66B	0.55	-$424.80M	-$5.69	-15.09
Toro	$4.58B	1.49	$418.90M	$3.91	17.49

Summary

Toro beats AGCO on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.