TTC vs. WAB, AGCO, OSK, FSS, TEX, TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, and WNC
Should you be buying Toro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toro include Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (WAB), AGCO (AGCO), Oshkosh (OSK), Federal Signal (FSS), Terex (TEX), Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), and Wabash National (WNC). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies (NYSE:WAB) and Toro (NYSE:TTC) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Toro had 14 more articles in the media than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Toro and 2 mentions for Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies. Toro's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' score of 0.53 indicating that Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' net margin of 6.53%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' return on equity of 26.66% beat Toro's return on equity.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toro has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
91.7% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Toro shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Toro shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Toro. Toro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies received 6 more outperform votes than Toro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.72% of users gave Toro an outperform vote while only 66.24% of users gave Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies an outperform vote.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Toro pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies pays out 15.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toro pays out 52.6% 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. Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Toro has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Toro is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $156.18, suggesting a potential downside of 6.26%. Toro has a consensus price target of $96.25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.62%. Given Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Toro is more favorable than Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies.
Summary
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies beats Toro on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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