DXP Enterprises (DXPE) Competitors

DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.

Which has more volatility and risk, DXPE or GATX?

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DXPE or GATX?

GATX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DXP Enterprises	$1.87B	0.74	$68.81M	$4.81	18.18
GATX	$1.63B	3.22	$284.20M	$7.89	18.59

Is DXPE or GATX more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.92% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 3.75%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises	3.75%	18.74%	6.05%
GATX	17.92%	12.07%	2.38%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DXPE or GATX?

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of GATX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DXPE or GATX?

GATX received 62 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.24% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXP Enterprises	Outperform Votes 267 61.24%	Underperform Votes 169 38.76%
GATX	Outperform Votes 329 58.54%	Underperform Votes 233 41.46%

Do analysts prefer DXPE or GATX?

DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. GATX has a consensus target price of $167.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.30%. Given GATX's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DXP Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Does the media prefer DXPE or GATX?

In the previous week, GATX had 1 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for GATX and 8 mentions for DXP Enterprises. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 1.34 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GATX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

GATX beats DXP Enterprises on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.