PLOW Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. In the case of PLOW, the dividend discount model StockNews created for the company implies a negative return of 21.55%. To help understand and contextualize the model's evaluation of PLOW, investors may wish to consider are:

• In comparison to other stocks in the Consumer Cyclical sector, Douglas Dynamics Inc offers a higher dividend yield than 75.17% of them.
• If we compare the valuation opportunity a dividend discount model provides relative to other dividend stocks in the Consumer Cyclical sector, the expected return of -21.55%, based on the stock's current share price and target price based on a dividend discount model, is greater than 71.14% of the DDM-forecasted return of its its sector peers.
• Out of all stocks in our universe of US-listed dividend-issuing stocks, Douglas Dynamics Inc bears a discount rate, according to our calculations, lower than 71.14% of them (lower discount rates are generally perceived as positive, and a sign of lower risk).
• Douglas Dynamics Inc has annual revenue of approximately $482 million; this puts it in the small-sized revenue class -- where its dividend growth rate surpasses that of 29.57% of US-listed, dividend-issuing stocks in the same revenue class.

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