Contrasting Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) & Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY)

Miller Industries (NYSE:MLR) and Daimler Truck (OTCMKTS:DTRUY) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends and valuation.

Volatility and Risk

Miller Industries has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Daimler Truck has a beta of 0.12, meaning that its share price is 88% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Miller Industries and Daimler Truck’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Miller Industries	2.15%	4.12%	2.90%
Daimler Truck	6.17%	6.04%	1.85%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Miller Industries and Daimler Truck, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Miller Industries	0	2	1	0	2.33
Daimler Truck	0	2	5	2	3.00

Miller Industries currently has a consensus price target of $49.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.09%. Given Miller Industries’ higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Miller Industries is more favorable than Daimler Truck.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Miller Industries and Daimler Truck”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Miller Industries	$805.00 million	0.65	$23.01 million	$1.50	30.79
Daimler Truck	$51.50 billion	0.66	$2.23 billion	$0.50	44.69

Daimler Truck has higher revenue and earnings than Miller Industries. Miller Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Daimler Truck, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

79.2% of Miller Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Miller Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Miller Industries pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Daimler Truck pays an annual dividend of $0.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Miller Industries pays out 56.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Miller Industries has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Daimler Truck beats Miller Industries on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Miller Industries

Miller Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells towing and recovery equipment. The company offers wreckers that are used to recover and tow disabled vehicles and other equipment; and car carriers, which are specialized flat-bed vehicles with hydraulic tilt mechanisms, which are used to transport new or disabled vehicles and other equipment. It also provides transport trailers for moving various vehicles for auto auctions, car dealerships, leasing companies, and other similar operations. The company markets its products under the Century, Vulcan, Challenger, Holmes, Champion, Chevron, Eagle, Titan, Jige, and Boniface brands. Miller Industries, Inc. sells its products through independent distributors in North America, and Canada, Mexico; and through prime contractors to governmental entities. Miller Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Ooltewah, Tennessee.

About Daimler Truck

Daimler Truck Holding AG manufactures and sells commercial trucks. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.