ALG vs. TTC, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, TRN, GBX, LNN, ASTE, and MLR
Should you be buying Alamo Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alamo Group include Toro (TTC), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Miller Industries (MLR). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Alamo Group vs.
Toro (NYSE:TTC) and Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.
Toro received 163 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 63.07% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Alamo Group. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toro, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 7.19%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Toro pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamo Group pays out 12.1% 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. Toro has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years and Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamo Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro currently has a consensus price target of $93.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.26%. Alamo Group has a consensus price target of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Given Toro's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Alamo Group.
In the previous week, Toro and Toro both had 7 articles in the media. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Alamo Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Toro beats Alamo Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALG) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
