FSS vs. TTC, OSK, AGCO, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, and WNC
Should you be buying Federal Signal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Federal Signal include Toro (TTC), Oshkosh (OSK), AGCO (AGCO), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), and Wabash National (WNC). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Federal Signal vs.
Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Toro's net margin of 8.89%. Toro's return on equity of 25.94% beat Federal Signal's return on equity.
Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Federal Signal pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 37.8% 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. Toro has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Federal Signal had 7 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Federal Signal and 6 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Federal Signal's score of 1.28 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.7% of Federal Signal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Federal Signal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% 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.
Federal Signal currently has a consensus target price of $90.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.81%. Toro has a consensus target price of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Given Toro's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Federal Signal.
Toro received 159 more outperform votes than Federal Signal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.24% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 58.37% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote.
Federal Signal has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Federal Signal. Toro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Federal Signal beats Toro on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FSS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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