Titan Machinery (TITN) and The Competition Head-To-Head Analysis

Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) is one of 157 public companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Titan Machinery to similar businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Titan Machinery and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Titan Machinery	$2.43 billion	-$54.17 million	-9.74
Titan Machinery Competitors	$6.70 billion	$363.16 million	33.55

Titan Machinery’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Titan Machinery. Titan Machinery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Titan Machinery and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Titan Machinery	1	0	1	0	2.00
Titan Machinery Competitors	1469	4921	6741	242	2.43

Titan Machinery currently has a consensus target price of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.54%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 8.00%. Given Titan Machinery’s higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Titan Machinery is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Titan Machinery and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titan Machinery	-2.46%	-9.17%	-3.20%
Titan Machinery Competitors	1.10%	-33.72%	3.55%

Risk and Volatility

Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Machinery’s competitors have a beta of 1.32, indicating that their average stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

78.4% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Titan Machinery competitors beat Titan Machinery on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Titan Machinery

Titan Machinery, Inc. is an equipment dealer serving the agriculture and construction industries. The company sells new and used machinery through a network of dealerships in the United States and Europe, representing manufacturers such as Case IH, New Holland Agriculture and Case Construction Equipment. Its offerings include tractors, combines, planting and hay equipment, loaders, excavators and other construction machinery. Titan Machinery also provides replacement parts, equipment maintenance and repair, rentals, and precision agriculture products and services.