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Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Wabash National (WNC), Manitowoc (MTW), FreightCar America (RAIL), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Douglas Dynamics vs.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Alamo Group pays out 12.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Dynamics pays out 51.3% 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 13 consecutive years.
Alamo Group presently has a consensus target price of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus target price of $28.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Given Alamo Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Alamo Group is more favorable than Douglas Dynamics.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 6 more articles in the media than Douglas Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alamo Group and 1 mentions for Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Alamo Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 9.89% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 7.19%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 12.68% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
Alamo Group received 20 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 54.93% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Douglas Dynamics on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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