AGCO (AGCO) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, AGCO or TTC?

AGCO has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Does the media prefer AGCO or TTC?

In the previous week, AGCO had 3 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AGCO and 7 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat AGCO's score of 0.72 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AGCO	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AGCO or TTC?

78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AGCO or TTC a better dividend stock?

AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. AGCO pays out -20.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 37.9% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AGCO or TTC?

Toro received 3 more outperform votes than AGCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AGCO	Outperform Votes 464 51.38%	Underperform Votes 439 48.62%
Toro	Outperform Votes 467 69.29%	Underperform Votes 207 30.71%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, 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	0.63	-$424.80M	-$5.69	-17.36
Toro	$4.58B	1.76	$418.90M	$4.01	19.94

Do analysts rate AGCO or TTC?

AGCO currently has a consensus price target of $107.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.50%. Toro has a consensus price target of $93.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.26%. Given Toro's higher probable 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Summary

Toro beats AGCO on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.