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Wabash National (WNC) Competitors

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$19.16 -0.19 (-0.98%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

WNC vs. TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, ASTE, MLR, PLOW, TWI, MTW, and RAIL

Should you be buying Wabash National stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wabash National include Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.

Wabash National vs.

Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) and Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) are both auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Wabash National has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Wabash National has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Trinity Industries. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Wabash National$2.54B0.33$231.25M-$5.43-3.53
Trinity Industries$2.98B1.03$106M$2.0518.16

Trinity Industries has a net margin of 5.31% compared to Wabash National's net margin of -10.94%. Wabash National's return on equity of 22.98% beat Trinity Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Wabash National-10.94% 22.98% 7.67%
Trinity Industries 5.31%14.57%2.10%

Trinity Industries received 40 more outperform votes than Wabash National when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.23% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Wabash NationalOutperform Votes
359
59.05%
Underperform Votes
249
40.95%
Trinity IndustriesOutperform Votes
399
63.23%
Underperform Votes
232
36.77%

In the previous week, Wabash National and Wabash National both had 2 articles in the media. Trinity Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Wabash National's score of 0.00 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Wabash National
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Trinity Industries
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

97.1% of Wabash National shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Wabash National shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Wabash National currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.05%. Trinity Industries has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.65%. Given Wabash National's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Wabash National is more favorable than Trinity Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Wabash National
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Trinity Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Wabash National pays out -5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries pays out 54.6% 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. Trinity Industries has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Trinity Industries beats Wabash National on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WNC vs. The Competition

MetricWabash NationalTruck trailers IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$830.39M$830.39M$16.17B$19.83B
Dividend Yield1.65%1.65%3.10%3.50%
P/E Ratio-3.53N/A14.6241.90
Price / Sales0.330.3339.9020.68
Price / Cash3.223.2211.8521.65
Price / Book4.134.132.154.66
Net Income$231.25M$231.25M$1.50B$983.45M
7 Day Performance-3.28%-3.28%-2.22%-2.12%
1 Month Performance1.38%1.38%-5.22%-0.47%
1 Year Performance-9.15%-9.15%-7.06%24.69%

Wabash National Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WNC
Wabash National
1.5335 of 5 stars
$19.16
-1.0%
$18.00
-6.1%
-9.2%$830.34M$2.54B-3.536,700
TRN
Trinity Industries
3.2465 of 5 stars
$37.22
-0.4%
N/A+52.3%$3.06B$2.98B18.169,480News Coverage
ALG
Alamo Group
2.6197 of 5 stars
$194.31
+0.7%
N/A+4.8%$2.34B$1.69B19.574,350Short Interest ↑
GBX
Greenbrier Companies
3.3061 of 5 stars
$65.13
-1.5%
N/A+77.6%$2.04B$3.54B13.1014,200
LNN
Lindsay
3.4624 of 5 stars
$123.24
-0.7%
N/A-1.7%$1.34B$607.07M20.471,280Positive News
ASTE
Astec Industries
1.184 of 5 stars
$36.72
-1.5%
N/A+15.9%$837.29M$1.28B-458.944,322Short Interest ↓
MLR
Miller Industries
3.2881 of 5 stars
$66.16
-1.9%
N/A+68.3%$756.80M$1.29B10.971,821Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
PLOW
Douglas Dynamics
4.6993 of 5 stars
$24.81
-0.8%
N/A-9.7%$572.96M$559.20M10.791,804
TWI
Titan International
2.7682 of 5 stars
$6.95
+0.6%
N/A-46.8%$438.82M$1.82B-57.926,900Analyst Upgrade
MTW
Manitowoc
3.8555 of 5 stars
$10.52
-1.4%
N/A-25.0%$369.54M$2.18B-38.964,800
RAIL
FreightCar America
2.5648 of 5 stars
$9.90
-4.7%
N/A+334.2%$187.01M$358.09M-2.332,023Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:WNC) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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