THO vs. WGO, LPX, BCC, AWI, KBH, GTES, TMHC, MTH, KNF, and RYN
Should you be buying THOR Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of THOR Industries include Winnebago Industries (WGO), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Boise Cascade (BCC), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), KB Home (KBH), Gates Industrial (GTES), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), Meritage Homes (MTH), Knife River (KNF), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) and THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Winnebago Industries has a net margin of 3.70% compared to Winnebago Industries' net margin of 2.62%. THOR Industries' return on equity of 14.15% beat Winnebago Industries' return on equity.
Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, THOR Industries has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, THOR Industries had 4 more articles in the media than Winnebago Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for THOR Industries and 2 mentions for Winnebago Industries. THOR Industries' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Winnebago Industries' score of 0.09 indicating that Winnebago Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Winnebago Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
THOR Industries received 214 more outperform votes than Winnebago Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.44% of users gave THOR Industries an outperform vote while only 63.35% of users gave Winnebago Industries an outperform vote.
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.
Winnebago Industries currently has a consensus price target of $71.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.45%. THOR Industries has a consensus price target of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.66%. Given THOR Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.
Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Winnebago Industries pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. THOR Industries pays out 38.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and THOR Industries has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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