Trinity Industries (TRN) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TTC or TRN?

Toro has higher revenue and earnings than Trinity Industries. Trinity Industries 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
Toro	$4.58B	1.70	$418.90M	$4.01	19.28
Trinity Industries	$3.08B	0.80	$106M	$1.64	18.31

Is TTC or TRN a better dividend stock?

Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Toro pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 73.2% 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 and Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years.

Is TTC or TRN more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to Trinity Industries' net margin of 4.49%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%
Trinity Industries	4.49%	11.78%	1.71%

Which has more volatility & risk, TTC or TRN?

Toro has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor TTC or TRN?

In the previous week, Toro had 2 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Toro and 7 mentions for Trinity Industries. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Trinity Industries' score of 0.96 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toro	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Trinity Industries	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer TTC or TRN?

Toro currently has a consensus price target of $93.75, suggesting a potential upside of 21.28%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $35.67, suggesting a potential upside of 18.77%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Trinity Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TTC or TRN?

Toro received 70 more outperform votes than Trinity Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.38% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 63.03% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toro	Outperform Votes 469 69.38%	Underperform Votes 207 30.62%
Trinity Industries	Outperform Votes 399 63.03%	Underperform Votes 234 36.97%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TTC or TRN?

87.9% of Toro shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Toro shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Toro beats Trinity Industries on 19 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.