WCC vs. WSO, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, GATX, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, and BXC
Should you be buying WESCO International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WESCO International include Watsco (WSO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), GATX (GATX), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), and BlueLinx (BXC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Watsco has a net margin of 7.03% compared to Watsco's net margin of 3.08%. WESCO International's return on equity of 19.26% beat Watsco's return on equity.
WESCO International received 260 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.29% of users gave WESCO International an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
Watsco has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WESCO International has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.7% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of WESCO International shares are held by institutional investors. 12.9% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of WESCO International 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.
Watsco presently has a consensus target price of $404.25, indicating a potential downside of 11.99%. WESCO International has a consensus target price of $191.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.00%. Given Watsco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WESCO International is more favorable than Watsco.
WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. WESCO International pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. WESCO International pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years and WESCO International has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Watsco is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Watsco had 1 more articles in the media than WESCO International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Watsco and 5 mentions for WESCO International. WESCO International's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Watsco's score of 0.30 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Watsco beats WESCO International on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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