THOR Industries (THO) Competitors

Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) and THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, WGO or THO?

Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, THOR Industries has a beta of 1.74, indicating that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WGO or THO?

THOR Industries received 202 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.90% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 63.34% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Winnebago Industries	Outperform Votes 375 63.34%	Underperform Votes 217 36.66%
THOR Industries	Outperform Votes 577 63.90%	Underperform Votes 326 36.10%

Is WGO or THO more profitable?

THOR Industries has a net margin of 2.17% compared to Winnebago Industries' net margin of -0.63%. THOR Industries' return on equity of 5.97% beat Winnebago Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Winnebago Industries	-0.63%	5.32%	2.88%
THOR Industries	2.17%	5.97%	3.39%

Do analysts rate WGO or THO?

Winnebago Industries presently has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential upside of 74.62%. THOR Industries has a consensus price target of $93.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.00%. Given Winnebago Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Winnebago Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
THOR Industries	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media prefer WGO or THO?

In the previous week, THOR Industries had 1 more articles in the media than Winnebago Industries. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for THOR Industries and 31 mentions for Winnebago Industries. THOR Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Winnebago Industries' score of 0.20 indicating that THOR Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Winnebago Industries	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
THOR Industries	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is WGO or THO a better dividend stock?

Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Winnebago Industries pays out -206.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. THOR Industries pays out 53.1% 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. THOR Industries has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, WGO or THO?

THOR Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Winnebago Industries. Winnebago Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than THOR Industries, 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
Winnebago Industries	$2.84B	0.34	$13M	-$0.66	-52.06
THOR Industries	$9.50B	0.45	$265.31M	$3.77	21.27

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WGO or THO?

96.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of Winnebago Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of THOR Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.