MRC vs. RUSHA, HEES, BXC, DXPE, WLFC, TITN, ACET, GWW, URI, and FAST
Should you be buying MRC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MRC Global include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), BlueLinx (BXC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), and Fastenal (FAST). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking and valuation.
Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than MRC Global. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MRC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 4.16% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 2.97%. MRC Global's return on equity of 23.60% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.
In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 0 mentions for MRC Global. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat MRC Global's score of 1.00 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MRC Global has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MRC Global received 76 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.
MRC Global currently has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $52.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.70%. Given MRC Global's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe MRC Global is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.
95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.9% of MRC Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
MRC Global beats Rush Enterprises on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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