Lindsay (LNN) Competitors

Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) and Federal Signal (NYSE:FSS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

Is LNN or FSS a better dividend stock?

Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Federal Signal pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Lindsay pays out 20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Federal Signal pays out 16.0% 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. Lindsay has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, LNN or FSS?

Federal Signal has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Lindsay is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Federal Signal, 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
Lindsay	$647.54M	2.15	$66.26M	$7.03	18.20
Federal Signal	$1.86B	2.47	$157.40M	$3.51	21.45

Do analysts recommend LNN or FSS?

Lindsay currently has a consensus target price of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.72%. Federal Signal has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.17%. Given Federal Signal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Federal Signal is more favorable than Lindsay.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lindsay	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Federal Signal	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is LNN or FSS more profitable?

Federal Signal has a net margin of 11.57% compared to Lindsay's net margin of 11.18%. Federal Signal's return on equity of 18.46% beat Lindsay's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lindsay	11.18%	13.17%	8.33%
Federal Signal	11.57%	18.46%	11.84%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LNN or FSS?

Federal Signal received 27 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.24% of users gave Federal Signal an outperform vote while only 54.72% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lindsay	Outperform Votes 284 54.72%	Underperform Votes 235 45.28%
Federal Signal	Outperform Votes 311 58.24%	Underperform Votes 223 41.76%

Does the media favor LNN or FSS?

In the previous week, Federal Signal had 10 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Federal Signal and 7 mentions for Lindsay. Federal Signal's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Lindsay's score of 0.75 indicating that Federal Signal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lindsay	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Federal Signal	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, LNN or FSS?

Lindsay has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Federal Signal has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LNN or FSS?

89.9% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Federal Signal shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Lindsay shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Federal Signal shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Federal Signal beats Lindsay on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.