DXPE vs. ALTG, SYX, HEES, MRC, BXC, WLFC, TITN, ACET, MSM, and URI
Should you be buying DXP Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DXP Enterprises include Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Systemax (SYX), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), and United Rentals (URI).
DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
DXP Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alta Equipment Group. Alta Equipment Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Alta Equipment Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 3 mentions for Alta Equipment Group. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Alta Equipment Group's score of 0.28 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.9% of Alta Equipment Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DXP Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.34%. Alta Equipment Group has a consensus target price of $20.50, suggesting a potential upside of 88.94%. Given Alta Equipment Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
DXP Enterprises received 238 more outperform votes than Alta Equipment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 60.53% of users gave Alta Equipment Group an outperform vote.
DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alta Equipment Group has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 3.75% compared to Alta Equipment Group's net margin of -0.21%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 17.93% beat Alta Equipment Group's return on equity.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats Alta Equipment Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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