Terex (TEX) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate TEX or TTC?

Terex currently has a consensus target price of $56.11, indicating a potential upside of 29.86%. Toro has a consensus target price of $93.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.26%. Given Terex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Terex is more favorable than Toro.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Terex	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals and insiders 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, 0.4% of Toro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TEX or TTC a better dividend stock?

Terex pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Terex pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 37.9% 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 increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is TEX or TTC more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Terex's net margin of 6.54%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Terex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Terex	6.54%	21.99%	9.47%
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TEX or TTC?

Terex received 139 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.29% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 57.44% of users gave Terex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Terex	Outperform Votes 606 57.44%	Underperform Votes 449 42.56%
Toro	Outperform Votes 467 69.29%	Underperform Votes 207 30.71%

Which has more risk & volatility, TEX or TTC?

Terex has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TEX or TTC?

In the previous week, Toro had 1 more articles in the media than Terex. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Toro and 6 mentions for Terex. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Terex's score of 0.78 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Terex	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Toro	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TEX or TTC?

Toro has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Terex. 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	$5.13B	0.56	$335M	$4.96	8.71
Toro	$4.58B	1.76	$418.90M	$4.01	19.94

Summary

Toro beats Terex on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.