Wabash National (WNC) Competitors

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, BLBD or WNC?

Blue Bird has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer BLBD or WNC?

Blue Bird currently has a consensus price target of $35.42, suggesting a potential upside of 7.88%. Wabash National has a consensus price target of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.77%. Given Wabash National's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Blue Bird is more favorable than Wabash National.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Blue Bird	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Wabash National	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor BLBD or WNC?

In the previous week, Wabash National had 20 more articles in the media than Blue Bird. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Wabash National and 5 mentions for Blue Bird. Wabash National's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Blue Bird's score of 0.23 indicating that Blue Bird is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Blue Bird	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wabash National	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BLBD or WNC?

Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than Blue Bird. Wabash National is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Blue Bird, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Blue Bird	$1.13B	0.94	$23.81M	$1.90	17.28
Wabash National	$2.54B	0.40	$231.25M	$4.16	5.45

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BLBD or WNC?

93.6% of Blue Bird shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Blue Bird shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Wabash National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BLBD or WNC more profitable?

Wabash National has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Wabash National's net margin of 5.04%. Wabash National's return on equity of 223.85% beat Blue Bird's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Blue Bird	5.04%	223.85%	17.44%
Wabash National	8.15%	37.84%	14.37%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BLBD or WNC?

Wabash National received 52 more outperform votes than Blue Bird when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.91% of users gave Blue Bird an outperform vote while only 59.44% of users gave Wabash National an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Blue Bird	Outperform Votes 307 60.91%	Underperform Votes 197 39.09%
Wabash National	Outperform Votes 359 59.44%	Underperform Votes 245 40.56%

Summary

Blue Bird beats Wabash National on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.