Daimler Truck (DTRUY) & The Competition Head-To-Head Contrast

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

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	-1,926.42%	-9.70%	0.95%

Valuation & Earnings

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	276.65
Daimler Truck Competitors	$4.68 billion	$356.15 million	-6.51

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.

Dividends

Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Daimler Truck pays out 877.8% 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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Daimler Truck and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Daimler Truck	1	2	5	1	2.67
Daimler Truck Competitors	4104	14510	17950	782	2.41

As a group, “Machinery” companies have a potential upside of 33.93%. Given Daimler Truck’s competitors higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Daimler Truck has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

52.2% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of shares of all “Machinery” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Daimler Truck beats its competitors on 10 of the 14 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.