Contrasting Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY) & Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE)

Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY) and Astec Industries (NASDAQ:ASTE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Daimler Truck and Astec Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	1	2	5	1	2.67
Astec Industries	1	1	0	2	2.75

Institutional and Insider Ownership

93.2% of Astec Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Astec Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Daimler Truck and Astec Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daimler Truck	5.87%	4.79%	1.46%
Astec Industries	1.26%	10.26%	5.01%

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Astec Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Daimler Truck pays out 877.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Astec Industries pays out 61.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Daimler Truck and Astec Industries”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	0.74	$2.23 billion	$0.09	276.67
Astec Industries	$1.41 billion	0.68	$38.80 million	$0.85	49.02

Daimler Truck has higher revenue and earnings than Astec Industries. Astec Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daimler Truck, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Astec Industries beats Daimler Truck on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Daimler Truck

Daimler Truck Holding AG manufactures and sells commercial trucks. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

About Astec Industries

Astec Industries, Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets equipment and components used primarily in road building and related construction activities worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Infrastructure Solutions and Materials Solutions. The Infrastructure Solutions segment offers asphalt plants and related components, heaters, concrete dust control systems, asphalt pavers, vaporizers, concrete material handling systems, screeds, heat recovery units, paste back-fill plants, asphalt storage tanks, hot oil heaters, bagging plants, fuel storage tanks, industrial and asphalt burners and systems, custom batch plants, material transfer vehicles, soil stabilizing-reclaiming machinery, blower trucks and trailers, milling machines, soil remediation plants, wood chippers and grinders, pump trailers, concrete batch plants, control systems, liquid terminals, storage equipment and related parts, construction and retrofits, polymer plants, and concrete mixers, as well as engineering and environmental permitting services. This segment provides its products to asphalt producers; highway and heavy equipment contractors; utility contractors; sand and gravel producers; construction, demolition, recycle and crushing contractors; forestry and environmental recycling contractors; mine and quarry operators; port and inland terminal authorities; power stations; and domestic and foreign government agencies. The Materials Solutions segment designs and manufactures crushing equipment, mobile plants, bulk material handling solutions, vibrating equipment, screening equipment, electrical control centers, modular plants and systems, conveying equipment, plant automation products, portable plants, and mineral processing equipment, as well as offers consulting and engineering services. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.