FAST vs. TSCO, GWW, URI, WSO, WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, and GATX
Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include Tractor Supply (TSCO), W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), and GATX (GATX).
Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) and Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Fastenal has a net margin of 15.68% compared to Fastenal's net margin of 7.66%. Fastenal's return on equity of 52.99% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.
Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastenal has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.4% of Fastenal shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Tractor Supply shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Fastenal shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tractor Supply pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Tractor Supply pays out 42.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fastenal pays out 77.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tractor Supply has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Fastenal has raised its dividend for 25 consecutive years. Fastenal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Tractor Supply received 592 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.85% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 54.50% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
Fastenal has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastenal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Tractor Supply had 2 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Tractor Supply and 11 mentions for Fastenal. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Fastenal's score of 1.01 indicating that Fastenal is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tractor Supply currently has a consensus target price of $253.96, indicating a potential downside of 9.51%. Fastenal has a consensus target price of $67.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. Given Tractor Supply's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fastenal is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
Summary
Tractor Supply beats Fastenal on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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