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Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) Competitors

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$22.96
+0.31 (+1.37%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

PLOW vs. ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, MLR, ASTE, TWI, MTW, RAIL, and TWIN

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), Wabash National (WNC), Miller Industries (MLR), Astec Industries (ASTE), 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.

Douglas Dynamics vs.

Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) and Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.

Alamo Group received 19 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.18% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Douglas DynamicsOutperform Votes
283
55.06%
Underperform Votes
231
44.94%
Alamo GroupOutperform Votes
302
63.18%
Underperform Votes
176
36.82%

91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 9.89% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 7.56%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 13.51% beat Douglas Dynamics' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Douglas Dynamics9.89% 12.68% 4.89%
Alamo Group 7.56%13.51%8.62%

Douglas Dynamics presently has a consensus price target of $28.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.02%. Alamo Group has a consensus price target of $218.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.09%. Given Douglas Dynamics' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Alamo Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Douglas Dynamics
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Alamo Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamo Group has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Douglas Dynamics pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamo Group pays out 9.8% 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. Douglas Dynamics has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Douglas Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Douglas Dynamics had 11 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Douglas Dynamics and 12 mentions for Alamo Group. Douglas Dynamics' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Alamo Group's score of 0.27 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Douglas Dynamics
4 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Alamo Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Douglas Dynamics$568.18M0.93$23.72M$2.309.99
Alamo Group$1.69B1.34$136.16M$10.5617.78

Summary

Alamo Group beats Douglas Dynamics on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PLOW vs. The Competition

MetricDouglas DynamicsConstruction machinery IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$530.61M$30.44B$14.21B$19.29B
Dividend Yield5.12%2.52%2.99%3.53%
P/E Ratio9.9919.3014.1742.76
Price / Sales0.930.9710.2214.55
Price / Cash11.569.8712.8120.89
Price / Book2.042.212.035.40
Net Income$23.72M$1.66B$1.37B$985.39M
7 Day Performance-10.44%-1.58%-3.41%-0.70%
1 Month Performance-16.83%-4.91%-4.71%-0.86%
1 Year Performance-7.67%11.70%-2.29%28.60%

Douglas Dynamics Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.4498 of 5 stars
$22.96
+1.4%
$28.50
+24.1%
-7.7%$530.15M$568.18M9.981,804Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ALG
Alamo Group
4.0007 of 5 stars
$174.16
+1.4%
$218.00
+25.2%
+18.4%$2.10B$1.68B16.494,350News Coverage
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
3.5384 of 5 stars
$62.20
+1.7%
$60.00
-3.5%
+67.2%$1.94B$3.94B16.2813,800Insider Selling
High Trading Volume
LNN
Lindsay
3.9377 of 5 stars
$121.09
-0.3%
$132.50
+9.4%
-5.2%$1.32B$674.08M18.371,209Dividend Announcement
WNC
Wabash National
1.1262 of 5 stars
$18.49
+2.8%
$18.00
-2.7%
-18.3%$801.36M$2.54B-3.416,700Analyst Revision
MLR
Miller Industries
3.1117 of 5 stars
$67.76
+2.7%
$82.00
+21.0%
+83.7%$777.21M$1.29B10.891,821Positive News
ASTE
Astec Industries
1.2712 of 5 stars
$31.83
+2.5%
$37.00
+16.2%
+2.8%$724.61M$1.30B-318.274,322Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
TWI
Titan International
2.5543 of 5 stars
$7.27
+4.2%
N/A-39.8%$524.60M$1.82B16.526,900News Coverage
MTW
Manitowoc
4.1099 of 5 stars
$10.06
+4.4%
$12.56
+24.9%
-30.3%$357.54M$2.17B45.734,800Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
RAIL
FreightCar America
2.8876 of 5 stars
$14.32
-1.7%
N/A+421.8%$270.22M$358.09M-20.462,023Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
TWIN
Twin Disc
2.4459 of 5 stars
$11.68
+1.5%
N/A-16.6%$163.49M$295.13M14.97910Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:PLOW) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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