Analyzing Daimler Truck (DTRUY) and Its Peers

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 businesses based on the strength of its risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.4% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers 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 3.3%. 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 27.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	$2.23 billion	48.52
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.69 billion	$369.35 million	-6.96

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Daimler Truck and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	1	2	5	1	2.67
Daimler Truck Competitors	4110	14532	17964	785	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 31.40%. Given Daimler Truck’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Daimler Truck has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

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	-1,036.33%	-9.23%	0.95%

Summary

Daimler Truck beats its rivals 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.