MLR vs. ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, PLOW, TWI, MTW, RAIL, and TWIN
Should you be buying Miller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Miller Industries include Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), FreightCar America (RAIL), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Miller Industries vs.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Miller Industries. Miller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Alamo Group currently has a consensus target price of $212.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.19%. Miller Industries has a consensus target price of $82.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.84%. Given Miller Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than Alamo Group.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.19% compared to Miller Industries' net margin of 5.23%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 18.76% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 6 more articles in the media than Miller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alamo Group and 1 mentions for Miller Industries. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Miller Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alamo Group received 135 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.14% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 63.26% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Alamo Group pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Miller Industries pays out 12.6% 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. Alamo Group has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Miller Industries has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Miller Industries on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MLR) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
