Daimler Truck (DTRUY) & Its Peers Head-To-Head Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Daimler Truck and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	0	3	5	1	2.78
Daimler Truck Competitors	4115	14553	17978	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.

Volatility & Risk

Daimler Truck has a beta of 0.06, indicating that its stock price is 94% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daimler Truck’s rivals have a beta of 4.69, indicating that their average stock price is 369% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	-1,040.92%	-9.38%	0.94%

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	$2.23 billion	45.88
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.73 billion	$369.35 million	-6.02

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 & Insider Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 14.3% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.7% and pay out 27.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

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

About Daimler Truck

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