THOR Industries (THO) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in THO or WGO?

THOR Industries received 201 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.21% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 63.44% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
THOR Industries	Outperform Votes 574 64.21%	Underperform Votes 320 35.79%
Winnebago Industries	Outperform Votes 373 63.44%	Underperform Votes 215 36.56%

Is THO or WGO a better dividend stock?

THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. THOR Industries pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winnebago Industries pays out -206.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer THO or WGO?

THOR Industries currently has a consensus target price of $113.17, suggesting a potential upside of 14.24%. Winnebago Industries has a consensus target price of $65.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.25%. Given Winnebago Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
THOR Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Winnebago Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Is THO or WGO 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
THOR Industries	2.17%	5.97%	3.39%
Winnebago Industries	-0.63%	5.32%	2.88%

Does the media prefer THO or WGO?

In the previous week, Winnebago Industries had 1 more articles in the media than THOR Industries. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Winnebago Industries and 6 mentions for THOR Industries. THOR Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Winnebago Industries' score of 0.25 indicating that THOR Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
THOR Industries	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Winnebago Industries	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, THO or WGO?

THOR Industries has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, THO or WGO?

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
THOR Industries	$10.04B	0.52	$265.31M	$3.91	25.34
Winnebago Industries	$2.97B	0.40	$13M	-$0.66	-63.03

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in THO or WGO?

96.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of THOR Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of Winnebago Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.