Toro (TTC) Competitors

Toro (NYSE:TTC) and AGCO (NYSE:AGCO) 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 profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TTC or AGCO?

87.9% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, TTC or AGCO?

Toro has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TTC or AGCO?

Toro presently has a consensus target price of $89.75, indicating a potential upside of 19.75%. AGCO has a consensus target price of $104.60, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Toro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Toro is more favorable than AGCO.

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
AGCO	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media refer more to TTC or AGCO?

In the previous week, AGCO had 6 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AGCO and 8 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat AGCO's score of 0.49 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toro	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGCO	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TTC or AGCO?

Toro has higher earnings, but lower revenue than AGCO. AGCO 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	1.63	$418.90M	$3.91	19.17
AGCO	$11.66B	0.62	-$424.80M	-$5.69	-17.10

Is TTC or AGCO more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to AGCO's net margin of -3.64%. Toro's return on equity of 27.25% beat AGCO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toro	9.14%	27.25%	11.63%
AGCO	-3.64%	13.40%	4.32%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TTC or AGCO?

Toro received 5 more outperform votes than AGCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 51.21% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toro	Outperform Votes 469 68.97%	Underperform Votes 211 31.03%
AGCO	Outperform Votes 464 51.21%	Underperform Votes 442 48.79%

Is TTC or AGCO a better dividend stock?

Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Toro pays out 38.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out -20.4% 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 21 consecutive years and AGCO has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Toro beats AGCO on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.