WGO vs. THO, NKLA, TSLA, GM, F, AZEK, SUM, AAON, MTH, and CHX
Should you be buying Winnebago Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Winnebago Industries include THOR Industries (THO), Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), AZEK (AZEK), Summit Materials (SUM), AAON (AAON), Meritage Homes (MTH), and ChampionX (CHX).
THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) and Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. THOR Industries pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winnebago Industries pays out 37.1% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Winnebago Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, THOR Industries had 8 more articles in the media than Winnebago Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for THOR Industries and 5 mentions for Winnebago Industries. Winnebago Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat THOR Industries' score of -0.19 indicating that THOR Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
THOR Industries received 213 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.37% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 63.41% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.
THOR Industries has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
THOR Industries currently has a consensus price target of $103.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Winnebago Industries has a consensus price target of $73.00, suggesting a potential upside of 24.51%. Given THOR Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.
96.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Winnebago Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Winnebago Industries has a net margin of 3.70% compared to Winnebago Industries' net margin of 2.62%. THOR Industries' return on equity of 14.15% beat Winnebago Industries' return on equity.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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