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 compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

Is TTC or AGCO a better dividend stock?

Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. AGCO pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Toro pays out 37.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AGCO pays out 51.3% 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.

Which has more risk & volatility, TTC or AGCO?

Toro has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AGCO has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, TTC or AGCO?

AGCO has higher revenue and earnings than Toro. Toro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AGCO, 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	1.87	$418.90M	$4.01	21.07
AGCO	$12.58B	0.61	$1.17B	$2.26	45.63

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TTC or AGCO?

88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of AGCO shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of AGCO shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is TTC or AGCO more profitable?

Toro has a net margin of 9.14% compared to AGCO's net margin of 1.35%. 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	1.35%	15.79%	5.35%

Does the media refer more to TTC or AGCO?

In the previous week, AGCO had 27 more articles in the media than Toro. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for AGCO and 2 mentions for Toro. Toro's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat AGCO's score of 0.30 indicating that Toro is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AGCO	8 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate TTC or AGCO?

Toro presently has a consensus price target of $93.75, suggesting a potential upside of 10.94%. AGCO has a consensus price target of $107.40, suggesting a potential upside of 4.16%. Given Toro's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than AGCO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toro	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
AGCO	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TTC or AGCO?

Toro received 4 more outperform votes than AGCO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave AGCO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toro	Outperform Votes 467 69.29%	Underperform Votes 207 30.71%
AGCO	Outperform Votes 463 51.39%	Underperform Votes 438 48.61%

Summary

Toro beats AGCO on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.