PLOW vs. ALG, GBX, LNN, WNC, ASTE, MLR, TWI, MTW, TWIN, and CVGI
Should you be buying Douglas Dynamics stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Douglas Dynamics include Alamo Group (ALG), Greenbrier Companies (GBX), Lindsay (LNN), Wabash National (WNC), Astec Industries (ASTE), Miller Industries (MLR), Titan International (TWI), Manitowoc (MTW), Twin Disc (TWIN), and Commercial Vehicle Group (CVGI). These companies are all part of the "construction & farm machinery & heavy trucks" industry.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Douglas Dynamics (NYSE:PLOW) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Douglas Dynamics has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Alamo Group has a net margin of 7.92% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 4.90%. Douglas Dynamics' return on equity of 14.82% beat Alamo Group's return on equity.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Douglas Dynamics shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Alamo Group received 17 more outperform votes than Douglas Dynamics when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 55.21% of users gave Douglas Dynamics an outperform vote.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Douglas Dynamics pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% 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. Alamo Group has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Douglas Dynamics has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Douglas Dynamics is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Douglas Dynamics. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Douglas Dynamics, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Douglas Dynamics had 5 more articles in the media than Alamo Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Douglas Dynamics and 2 mentions for Alamo Group. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Douglas Dynamics' score of 0.34 indicating that Douglas Dynamics is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alamo Group presently has a consensus price target of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.58%. Douglas Dynamics has a consensus price target of $28.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.63%. Given Alamo Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Douglas Dynamics is more favorable than Alamo Group.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Douglas Dynamics on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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