ASTE vs. PLOW, MTW, GENC, CMCO, XMTR, ERII, PRLB, KRNT, DXPE, and OFLX
Should you be buying Astec Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Astec Industries include Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), Gencor Industries (GENC), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Proto Labs (PRLB), Kornit Digital (KRNT), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and Omega Flex (OFLX).
Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Astec Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Douglas Dynamics. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Astec Industries and 4 mentions for Douglas Dynamics. Astec Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Douglas Dynamics' score of 0.78 indicating that Astec Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Douglas Dynamics has a net margin of 4.90% compared to Astec Industries' net margin of 1.91%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 12.95% beat Astec Industries' return on equity.
Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Astec Industries pays out 47.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Douglas Dynamics pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
93.2% of Astec Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Astec Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Astec Industries received 120 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.16% of users gave Astec Industries an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Astec Industries has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Astec Industries presently has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.86%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Astec Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Astec Industries is more favorable than Douglas Dynamics.
Astec Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Douglas Dynamics is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Astec Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Astec Industries beats Douglas Dynamics on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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