Analyzing Daimler Truck (DTRUY) & Its Rivals

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Daimler Truck and its competitors, 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	4147	14579	18009	792	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 29.71%. Given Daimler Truck’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Daimler Truck has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

51.7% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.2% 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 2.8% and pay out 24.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Daimler Truck and its competitors’ 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	-1,044.73%	-15.17%	0.52%

Earnings & Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	$2.23 billion	45.76
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.65 billion	$366.14 million	1.97

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

Volatility and Risk

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

Summary

Daimler Truck beats its competitors on 10 of the 15 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.