THO vs. WGO, NKLA, TSLA, GM, F, WSO.B, WSO, EME, LII, and OC
Should you be buying THOR Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of THOR Industries include Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Watsco (WSO.B), Watsco (WSO), EMCOR Group (EME), Lennox International (LII), and Owens Corning (OC).
THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) and Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, THOR Industries had 11 more articles in the media than Winnebago Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for THOR Industries and 2 mentions for Winnebago Industries. THOR Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Winnebago Industries' score of 0.15 indicating that THOR Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Winnebago Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Winnebago Industries has a net margin of 3.70% compared to THOR Industries' net margin of 2.62%. Winnebago Industries' return on equity of 14.15% beat THOR Industries' return on equity.
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.
THOR Industries currently has a consensus price target of $103.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.96%. Winnebago Industries has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.65%. Given Winnebago Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.
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.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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