LNN vs. TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, WNC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, PLOW, and MTW
Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), and Manitowoc (MTW). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) and Terex (NYSE:TEX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
89.9% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.9% of Terex shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lindsay shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Terex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Terex's net margin of 9.87%. Terex's return on equity of 30.53% beat Lindsay's return on equity.
Lindsay presently has a consensus target price of $138.33, suggesting a potential upside of 23.88%. Terex has a consensus target price of $65.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Lindsay's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Terex.
Terex has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Terex is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Terex received 317 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.06% of users gave Terex an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.
Lindsay has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Terex has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lindsay pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Terex pays out 9.0% 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.
In the previous week, Terex had 12 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Terex and 0 mentions for Lindsay. Lindsay's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Terex's score of 0.10 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Terex beats Lindsay on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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