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Manitowoc (MTW) Competitors

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$8.63 -0.14 (-1.60%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

MTW vs. ASTE, MLR, WNC, PLOW, TWI, RAIL, TWIN, CVGI, CAT, and DE

Should you be buying Manitowoc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manitowoc include Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Wabash National (WNC), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), FreightCar America (RAIL), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), Caterpillar (CAT), and Deere & Company (DE). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Manitowoc vs.

Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Astec Industries presently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Manitowoc has a consensus target price of $12.47, indicating a potential upside of 44.46%. Given Manitowoc's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Astec Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Astec Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Manitowoc
2 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.67

Manitowoc has higher revenue and earnings than Astec Industries. Astec Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manitowoc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Astec Industries$1.28B0.59$33.50M-$0.08-416.13
Manitowoc$2.18B0.14$39.20M-$0.27-31.96

Astec Industries has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manitowoc has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Manitowoc pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Astec Industries pays out -650.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Manitowoc pays out -29.6% 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. Astec Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Manitowoc received 37 more outperform votes than Astec Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.03% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 55.68% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Astec IndustriesOutperform Votes
404
64.03%
Underperform Votes
227
35.97%
ManitowocOutperform Votes
441
55.68%
Underperform Votes
351
44.32%

93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Manitowoc shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Astec Industries has a net margin of -0.15% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of -0.40%. Astec Industries' return on equity of 7.69% beat Manitowoc's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Astec Industries-0.15% 7.69% 4.54%
Manitowoc -0.40%2.40%0.82%

In the previous week, Manitowoc had 2 more articles in the media than Astec Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Manitowoc and 1 mentions for Astec Industries. Manitowoc's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Astec Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that Manitowoc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Astec Industries
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Manitowoc
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Astec Industries beats Manitowoc on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MTW vs. The Competition

MetricManitowocConstruction machinery IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$303.15M$25.73B$9.22B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.28%2.09%3.60%
P/E Ratio-31.9620.3921.0841.28
Price / Sales0.141.164.8617.60
Price / Cash3.0410.8619.2621.28
Price / Book0.502.264.225.32
Net Income$39.20M$1.66B$398.18M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-12.92%-7.41%-4.86%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-18.62%-6.90%-2.08%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-47.92%-5.90%15.23%12.14%

Manitowoc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTW
Manitowoc
4.4576 of 5 stars
$8.63
-1.6%
$12.47
+44.5%
-46.8%$303.15M$2.18B-31.964,800News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ASTE
Astec Industries
0.8274 of 5 stars
$36.85
-0.7%
$38.50
+4.5%
-10.7%$840.25M$1.28B-463.754,322
MLR
Miller Industries
2.98 of 5 stars
$72.17
+1.1%
$82.00
+13.6%
+59.8%$825.55M$1.33B11.981,821Positive News
WNC
Wabash National
1.2304 of 5 stars
$18.56
-0.2%
$18.00
-3.0%
-34.6%$804.34M$2.13B-3.466,700
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.3014 of 5 stars
$25.48
+1.1%
$28.50
+11.9%
-19.5%$588.33M$568.18M11.091,804
TWI
Titan International
2.564 of 5 stars
$7.87
-3.7%
$11.00
+39.8%
-52.7%$496.91M$1.82B-68.086,900Analyst Downgrade
RAIL
FreightCar America
2.5325 of 5 stars
$10.05
-2.8%
N/A+249.6%$189.84M$358.09M-2.442,023
TWIN
Twin Disc
2.7713 of 5 stars
$11.99
-1.6%
N/A-19.2%$169.06M$295.13M18.18910Positive News
CVGI
Commercial Vehicle Group
4.2433 of 5 stars
$2.44
-3.6%
$10.00
+309.8%
-69.9%$84.18M$994.68M2.488,200
CAT
Caterpillar
4.2476 of 5 stars
$380.40
0.0%
$374.69
-1.5%
+26.4%$183.66B$65.66B17.64113,200Analyst Forecast
DE
Deere & Company
3.7304 of 5 stars
$437.94
-0.6%
$443.28
+1.2%
+11.7%$119.82B$50.52B17.2083,000Analyst Forecast
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This page (NYSE:MTW) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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