MTW vs. GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, PLOW, TWIN, CVGI, and RAIL
Should you be buying Manitowoc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Manitowoc include Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Twin Disc (TWIN), Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI), and FreightCar America (RAIL). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Manitowoc (NYSE:MTW) and Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and valuation.
Manitowoc currently has a consensus price target of $16.83, suggesting a potential upside of 35.43%. Greenbrier Companies has a consensus price target of $54.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.26%. Given Manitowoc's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Manitowoc is more favorable than Greenbrier Companies.
Greenbrier Companies has a net margin of 2.97% compared to Manitowoc's net margin of 1.23%. Greenbrier Companies' return on equity of 9.05% beat Manitowoc's return on equity.
78.7% of Manitowoc shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Manitowoc shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Greenbrier Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Greenbrier Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Manitowoc. Greenbrier Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Manitowoc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Greenbrier Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Manitowoc. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Greenbrier Companies and 2 mentions for Manitowoc. Manitowoc's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Greenbrier Companies' score of 0.59 indicating that Manitowoc is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Manitowoc has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greenbrier Companies has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Manitowoc received 16 more outperform votes than Greenbrier Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.98% of users gave Greenbrier Companies an outperform vote while only 56.39% of users gave Manitowoc an outperform vote.
Summary
Greenbrier Companies beats Manitowoc on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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