Reviewing Daimler Truck (DTRUY) & Its Peers

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Daimler Truck and its peers, 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	4162	14625	18078	795	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 30.14%. Given Daimler Truck’s peers higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Daimler Truck has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Daimler Truck and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	$2.23 billion	46.54
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.66 billion	$364.64 million	3.73

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

Profitability

This table compares Daimler Truck and its peers’ 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	-1,044.76%	-15.22%	0.51%

Institutional & Insider 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 2.8% and pay out 24.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Risk and Volatility

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

Summary

Daimler Truck beats its peers 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.