LNN vs. ALG, GIC, CMCO, CDRE, APOG, HOLI, SCSC, TRS, KALU, and HY
Should you be buying Lindsay stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lindsay include Alamo Group (ALG), Global Industrial (GIC), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Cadre (CDRE), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), ScanSource (SCSC), TriMas (TRS), Kaiser Aluminum (KALU), and Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Alamo Group (NYSE:ALG) and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and profitability.
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.
Alamo Group received 17 more outperform votes than Lindsay when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.00% of users gave Alamo Group an outperform vote while only 54.88% of users gave Lindsay an outperform vote.
92.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of Lindsay shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Alamo Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Lindsay shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Alamo Group has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lindsay has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alamo Group had 25 more articles in the media than Lindsay. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Alamo Group and 1 mentions for Lindsay. Alamo Group's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Lindsay's score of 0.58 indicating that Lindsay is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Lindsay has a net margin of 10.74% compared to Lindsay's net margin of 7.92%. Alamo Group's return on equity of 15.04% beat Lindsay's return on equity.
Alamo Group presently has a consensus target price of $212.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.21%. Lindsay has a consensus target price of $138.33, indicating a potential upside of 16.46%. Given Alamo Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lindsay is more favorable than Alamo Group.
Alamo Group pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Lindsay pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Alamo Group pays out 9.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lindsay pays out 22.3% 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. Alamo Group has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years and Lindsay has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Lindsay is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Alamo Group beats Lindsay on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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