Head to Head Analysis: Daimler Truck (DTRUY) vs. Its Competitors

Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY) is one of 435 public companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Daimler Truck to related companies based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and risk.

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Daimler Truck pays out 158.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 24.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Daimler Truck and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	0	3	5	1	2.78
Daimler Truck Competitors	4136	14559	17982	787	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.03%. Given Daimler Truck’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Daimler Truck has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Daimler Truck and its rivals’ 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%
Daimler Truck Competitors	-1,044.73%	-15.17%	0.52%

Volatility & Risk

Daimler Truck has a beta of 0.06, suggesting that its share price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daimler Truck’s rivals have a beta of 4.71, suggesting that their average share price is 371% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Daimler Truck and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	$2.23 billion	45.88
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.65 billion	$366.14 million	-6.15

Daimler Truck has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Daimler Truck is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.0% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Daimler Truck beats its rivals on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

Daimler Truck Company Profile

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