MLR vs. TRN, ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, TWI, PLOW, MTW, and TWIN
Should you be buying Miller Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Miller Industries include Trinity Industries (TRN), Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Titan International (TWI), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), Manitowoc (MTW), and Twin Disc (TWIN). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Trinity Industries (NYSE:TRN) and Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Miller Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Trinity Industries. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Miller Industries and 1 mentions for Trinity Industries. Miller Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Trinity Industries' score of 0.15 indicating that Trinity Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Trinity Industries has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Miller Industries has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Trinity Industries currently has a consensus target price of $31.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Given Miller Industries' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Trinity Industries is more favorable than Miller Industries.
Trinity Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Trinity Industries pays out 75.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Miller Industries pays out 13.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Trinity Industries has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Miller Industries has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Trinity Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Trinity Industries received 234 more outperform votes than Miller Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.36% of users gave Miller Industries an outperform vote while only 63.42% of users gave Trinity Industries an outperform vote.
Miller Industries has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Miller Industries' net margin of 3.98%. Trinity Industries' return on equity of 19.46% beat Miller Industries' return on equity.
Trinity Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Miller Industries. Miller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trinity Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
86.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.2% of Miller Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Trinity Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Miller Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Trinity Industries beats Miller Industries on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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