ALTG vs. GIC, STKL, CAPL, MGPI, ASPN, ITRN, RYI, AMRK, CLMB, and ASLE
Should you be buying Alta Equipment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alta Equipment Group include Global Industrial (GIC), SunOpta (STKL), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Ryerson (RYI), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), Climb Global Solutions (CLMB), and AerSale (ASLE). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Alta Equipment Group vs.
Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG) and Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Alta Equipment Group received 22 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.55% of users gave Alta Equipment Group an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Global Industrial had 6 more articles in the media than Alta Equipment Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Industrial and 1 mentions for Alta Equipment Group. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Alta Equipment Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Global Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Global Industrial has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alta Equipment Group. Alta Equipment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alta Equipment Group pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Global Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Alta Equipment Group pays out -13.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Industrial pays out 58.8% 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.
Alta Equipment Group currently has a consensus target price of $15.75, indicating a potential upside of 143.58%. Given Alta Equipment Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than Global Industrial.
73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Global Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 19.9% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are held by 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.
Alta Equipment Group has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Industrial has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Global Industrial has a net margin of 4.92% compared to Alta Equipment Group's net margin of -2.81%. Global Industrial's return on equity of 24.53% beat Alta Equipment Group's return on equity.
Summary
Global Industrial beats Alta Equipment Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ALTG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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