WNC vs. ALG, GBX, LNN, MLR, ASTE, PLOW, TWI, MTW, RAIL, and TWIN
Should you be buying Wabash National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabash National include Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Miller Industries (MLR), Astec Industries (ASTE), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), FreightCar America (RAIL), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Wabash National vs.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Alamo Group pays out 10.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Wabash National pays out -5.9% 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. Alamo Group has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Wabash National is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Alamo Group currently has a consensus target price of $212.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.19%. Wabash National has a consensus target price of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.29%. Given Alamo Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alamo Group is more favorable than Wabash National.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.19% compared to Wabash National's net margin of -10.94%. Wabash National's return on equity of 22.98% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than Alamo Group. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamo Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Wabash National shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Wabash National shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Wabash National received 56 more outperform votes than Alamo Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.26% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 5 more articles in the media than Wabash National. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Alamo Group and 5 mentions for Wabash National. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Wabash National's score of 0.12 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Wabash National on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WNC) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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