Terex (TEX) Competitors

Terex (NYSE:TEX) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Is TEX or TTC a better dividend stock?

Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Terex pays out 9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 37.8% 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. Toro has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate TEX or TTC?

Terex presently has a consensus price target of $59.56, suggesting a potential upside of 14.22%. Toro has a consensus price target of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.99%. Given Terex's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Terex is more favorable than Toro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terex	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.10
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TEX or TTC?

92.9% of Terex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Terex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor TEX or TTC?

In the previous week, Terex and Terex both had 6 articles in the media. Terex's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Toro's score of 1.36 indicating that Terex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Terex	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toro	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, TEX or TTC?

Terex has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TEX or TTC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Terex	$5.15B	0.68	$518M	$6.85	7.61
Toro	$4.55B	1.85	$329.70M	$3.81	21.49

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEX or TTC?

Terex received 138 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.24% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Terex	Outperform Votes 604 57.58%	Underperform Votes 445 42.42%
Toro	Outperform Votes 466 69.24%	Underperform Votes 207 30.76%

Is TEX or TTC more profitable?

Terex has a net margin of 9.08% compared to Toro's net margin of 8.89%. Toro's return on equity of 25.94% beat Terex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terex	9.08%	24.92%	11.99%
Toro	8.89%	25.94%	10.95%

Summary

Terex beats Toro on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.