Head-To-Head Comparison: Daimler Truck (DTRUY) versus The Competition

Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY) is one of 434 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Daimler Truck to similar businesses based on the strength of its valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Daimler Truck and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	1	2	5	1	2.67
Daimler Truck Competitors	4096	14505	17944	780	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 35.46%. Given Daimler Truck’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Daimler Truck has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 27.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Daimler Truck and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	$2.23 billion	278.56
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.81 billion	$354.64 million	-20.23

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

Profitability

This table compares Daimler Truck and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Daimler Truck	5.87%	4.89%	1.49%
Daimler Truck Competitors	-1,936.04%	-9.91%	0.89%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Daimler Truck beats its peers on 10 of the 14 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.