MLR vs. TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, PLOW, TWI, WNC, MTW, and RAIL
Should you be buying Miller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Miller Industries include Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Miller Industries vs.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Trinity Industries had 14 more articles in the media than Miller Industries. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Trinity Industries and 1 mentions for Miller Industries. Miller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Trinity Industries' score of 0.33 indicating that Miller Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trinity Industries received 231 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.14% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Miller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Miller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus price target of $35.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.83%. Miller Industries has a consensus price target of $82.00, indicating a potential upside of 36.19%. Given Miller Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than Trinity Industries.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Miller Industries has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Miller Industries has a net margin of 5.23% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 4.49%. Miller Industries' return on equity of 18.76% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.
Trinity Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Miller Industries. Miller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Trinity Industries pays out 73.2% 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. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Trinity Industries and Miller Industries tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MLR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
