GIC vs. MRC, DXPE, ALTG, MSM, LNN, CDRE, CMCO, APOG, HOLI, and SCSC
Should you be buying Global Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Industrial include MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Lindsay (LNN), Cadre (CDRE), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), and ScanSource (SCSC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) and Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
MRC Global has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Industrial has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MRC Global has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. MRC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.0% of MRC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Global Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of MRC Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Global Industrial has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Global Industrial's net margin of 2.97%. MRC Global's return on equity of 28.39% beat Global Industrial's return on equity.
MRC Global currently has a consensus price target of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.61%. Given Global Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MRC Global is more favorable than Global Industrial.
In the previous week, MRC Global had 12 more articles in the media than Global Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for MRC Global and 5 mentions for Global Industrial. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat MRC Global's score of -0.12 indicating that MRC Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MRC Global received 402 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.
Summary
MRC Global beats Global Industrial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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