Head to Head Analysis: Mingteng International (NASDAQ:MTEN) versus Wabash National (NYSE:WNC)

Mingteng International (NASDAQ:MTEN) and Wabash National (NYSE:WNC) are both small-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Mingteng International and Wabash National”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mingteng International	$10.74 million	0.12	-$5.68 million	N/A	N/A
Wabash National	$1.54 billion	0.23	$211.45 million	$4.87	1.79

Wabash National has higher revenue and earnings than Mingteng International.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Mingteng International and Wabash National, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mingteng International	1	0	0	0	1.00
Wabash National	1	2	0	0	1.67

Wabash National has a consensus target price of $10.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.89%. Given Wabash National’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wabash National is more favorable than Mingteng International.

Profitability

This table compares Mingteng International and Wabash National’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mingteng International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Wabash National	13.71%	-22.79%	-6.77%

Volatility & Risk

Mingteng International has a beta of -0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 147% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wabash National has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

97.1% of Wabash National shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of Wabash National shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Wabash National beats Mingteng International on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mingteng International

Mingteng International Corporation Inc. engages in the design, development, production, assembly, testing, repair, and after-sale service of molds in the People's Republic of China. It offers casting molds for turbocharger systems, braking systems, steering and differential systems, and other automotive system parts. The company also produces molds for new energy electric vehicle motor drive systems, battery pack systems, and engineering hydraulic components. It serves automobile, construction machinery, and other manufacturing industries. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Wuxi, China.

About Wabash National

Wabash National Corporation provides connected solutions for the transportation, logistics, and distribution industries primarily in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Transportation Solutions and Parts & Services. The Transportation Solutions segment designs and manufactures transportation-related equipment and products dry and refrigerated van trailers, platform trailers, tank trailers, and truck-mounted tanks; truck bodies for dry-freight transportation; cargo and cargo XL bodies for commercial applications; refrigerated truck bodies; platform truck bodies; and used trailers, as well as laminated hardwood oak flooring products. The Parts & Services segment provides aftermarket parts and services; steel flatbed bodies, truck body mounting, shelving for package delivery, partitions, roof racks, hitches, liftgates, thermal solutions, and others; truck body repair parts; and door repair and replacement, collision repair, and basic maintenance services. It also develops and scales a digital marketplace for the transportation and logistics distribution industry; operates a parts and services distribution platform; and stainless steel storage tanks and silos, mixers, and processors for the dairy, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, chemical, craft brewing, and biotech markets; trailers as a service; and composite products, including truck bodies, overhead doors, and other industrial application products, as well as used trailers. The company offers its products under the Wabash, DuraPlate, DuraPlateHD, DuraPlate AeroSkirt, and AeroSkirt CX brands, as well as EcoNex brand. It serves its products to truckload common carriers, leasing companies, private fleet carriers, less-than-truckload common carriers, and package carriers. Wabash National Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Lafayette, Indiana.