LNN vs. ALG, CDRE, APOG, CMCO, HOLI, KALU, GIC, HLIO, NSSC, and TRS
Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Alamo Group (ALG), Cadre (CDRE), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), Global Industrial (GIC), Helios Technologies (HLIO), Napco Security Technologies (NSSC), and TriMas (TRS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) and Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lindsay pays out 22.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% 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.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 13 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Alamo Group and 2 mentions for Lindsay. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Lindsay's score of 0.17 indicating that Alamo Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alamo Group received 16 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.06% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Alamo Group's net margin of 7.92%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 15.07% beat Lindsay's return on equity.
89.9% of Lindsay shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Lindsay shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamo Group has higher revenue and earnings than Lindsay. Alamo Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lindsay, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lindsay has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alamo Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lindsay presently has a consensus price target of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.94%. Alamo Group has a consensus price target of $215.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Lindsay's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Alamo Group.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Lindsay on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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