WGO vs. THO, HLMN, ASPN, JBI, USLM, ROCK, JELD, VSEC, NX, and PATK
Should you be buying Winnebago Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Winnebago Industries include THOR Industries (THO), Hillman Solutions (HLMN), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Janus International Group (JBI), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), JELD-WEN (JELD), VSE (VSEC), Quanex Building Products (NX), and Patrick Industries (PATK). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
THOR Industries (NYSE:THO) and Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) are both construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $104.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.65%. Winnebago Industries has a consensus target price of $71.80, indicating a potential upside of 16.33%. Given THOR Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than THOR Industries.
THOR Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Winnebago Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. THOR Industries pays out 38.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winnebago Industries pays out 37.1% 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. THOR Industries has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Winnebago Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Winnebago Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
THOR Industries has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Winnebago Industries had 6 more articles in the media than THOR Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Winnebago Industries and 2 mentions for THOR Industries. Winnebago Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat THOR Industries' score of 0.58 indicating that THOR Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
96.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.7% of THOR Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Winnebago Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
THOR Industries beats Winnebago Industries on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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