Wabash National (WNC) and Its Peers Financial Survey

Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) is one of 436 publicly-traded companies in the “Machinery” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Wabash National to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Wabash National and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wabash National	1	1	2	1	2.60
Wabash National Competitors	4211	14724	18252	808	2.41

Wabash National currently has a consensus price target of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 94.53%. As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 29.66%. Given Wabash National’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Wabash National is more favorable than its competitors.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

97.0% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Wabash National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Wabash National has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National’s competitors have a beta of 5.11, suggesting that their average share price is 411% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Wabash National and its competitors revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Wabash National	$1.54 billion	$211.45 million	-3.52
Wabash National Competitors	$4.66 billion	$364.17 million	15.88

Wabash National’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Wabash National. Wabash National 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.

Dividends

Wabash National pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Wabash National pays out -9.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Machinery” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.8% and pay out 24.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Wabash National and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wabash National	-9.13%	-42.42%	-10.90%
Wabash National Competitors	-1,039.02%	-14.89%	0.52%

Summary

Wabash National competitors beat Wabash National on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Wabash National Company Profile

Wabash National Corporation designs and manufactures equipment and solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries. Its products include dry and refrigerated van trailers, platform trailers, tank trailers, truck bodies and equipment for final-mile delivery. The company also supplies parts, components and services for commercial vehicles and offers products used in applications such as cold-chain transportation and warehouse operations. Wabash serves customers primarily in North America.