BXC vs. RUSHA, HEES, MRC, DXPE, TITN, WLFC, ACET, GWW, URI, and FAST
Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Titan Machinery (TITN), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), Adicet Bio (ACET), W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), and Fastenal (FAST). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) and BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Rush Enterprises and Rush Enterprises both had 1 articles in the media. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.84 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of BlueLinx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than BlueLinx. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlueLinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlueLinx has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rush Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $52.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.03%. BlueLinx has a consensus price target of $130.00, indicating a potential upside of 32.65%. Given Rush Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.
Rush Enterprises received 133 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.
Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 4.16% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 1.57%. BlueLinx's return on equity of 17.16% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
Rush Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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