HEES vs. HRI, BECN, AL, MSM, GATX, RUSHA, MRC, BXC, DXPE, and WLFC
Should you be buying H&E Equipment Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&E Equipment Services include Herc (HRI), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), GATX (GATX), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), and Willis Lease Finance (WLFC).
H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) and Herc (NYSE:HRI) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
Herc has higher revenue and earnings than H&E Equipment Services. H&E Equipment Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
H&E Equipment Services presently has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 39.91%. Herc has a consensus target price of $153.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.38%. Given H&E Equipment Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe H&E Equipment Services is more favorable than Herc.
In the previous week, Herc had 11 more articles in the media than H&E Equipment Services. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Herc and 2 mentions for H&E Equipment Services. Herc's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.50 indicating that Herc is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
H&E Equipment Services pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Herc pays an annual dividend of $2.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. H&E Equipment Services pays out 23.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Herc pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herc has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Herc received 5 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.12% of users gave Herc an outperform vote while only 58.02% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.
84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Herc shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Herc shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 11.17% compared to Herc's net margin of 10.31%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 34.33% beat Herc's return on equity.
Summary
Herc beats H&E Equipment Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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