Financial Comparison: Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) & Bayerische Motoren Werke (OTCMKTS:BAMXF)

Winnebago Industries (NYSE:WGO) and Bayerische Motoren Werke (OTCMKTS:BAMXF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, valuation and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Winnebago Industries and Bayerische Motoren Werke”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Winnebago Industries	$2.80 billion	0.30	$25.70 million	$1.36	21.59
Bayerische Motoren Werke	$150.95 billion	0.27	$8.25 billion	$12.12	5.90

Bayerische Motoren Werke has higher revenue and earnings than Winnebago Industries. Bayerische Motoren Werke is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winnebago Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Winnebago Industries and Bayerische Motoren Werke, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Winnebago Industries	1	8	3	0	2.17
Bayerische Motoren Werke	1	3	0	1	2.20

Winnebago Industries currently has a consensus target price of $36.33, indicating a potential upside of 23.75%. Given Winnebago Industries’ higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Winnebago Industries is more favorable than Bayerische Motoren Werke.

Profitability

This table compares Winnebago Industries and Bayerische Motoren Werke’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Winnebago Industries	1.36%	4.65%	2.74%
Bayerische Motoren Werke	4.92%	6.50%	2.37%

Volatility and Risk

Winnebago Industries has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bayerische Motoren Werke has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bayerische Motoren Werke beats Winnebago Industries on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Winnebago Industries

Winnebago Industries, Inc. manufactures and sells recreation vehicles and marine products primarily for use in leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. The company operates through three segments: Towable RV, Motorhome RV, and Marine. It provides towable products that are non-motorized vehicles to be towed by automobiles, pickup trucks, SUVs, or vans for use as temporary living quarters for recreational travel, such as conventional travel trailers, fifth wheels, folding camper trailers, and truck campers under the Winnebago and Grand Design brand names. The company also offers motorhome RV, a self-propelled mobile dwelling used primarily as temporary living quarters during vacation and camping trips, or to support active and mobile lifestyles under the Winnebago and Newmar brand names. In addition, it offers other specialty commercial vehicles for law enforcement command centers, mobile medical clinics, and mobile office spaces; commercial vehicles as bare shells to third-party up fitters, as well as manufactures and sells recreational boats under the Chris-Craft and Barletta brand names. Further, the company is involved in the original equipment manufacturing of parts for other manufacturers and commercial vehicles. It sells its products primarily through independent dealers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Winnebago Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1958 and is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

About Bayerische Motoren Werke

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of automobiles and motorcycles, and spare parts and accessories worldwide. It operates through Automotive, Motorcycles, and Financial Services segments. The Automotive segment engages in the development, manufacture, assembling, and sale of automobiles, spare parts, accessories, and mobility services under the BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce brands. The Motorcycles segment develops, manufactures, assembles, and sells motorcycles and scooters under the BMW Motorrad brand, as well as spare parts and accessories. The Financial Services segment is involved in the automobile and motorcycle leasing, credit financing, retail and dealership financing, multi-brand fleet, customer deposit, and insurance activities; and the provision of fleet management services under the Alphabet brand. The company sells its products through independent dealerships. Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.