DXPE vs. MRC, ALTG, GIC, CECO, PRLB, MYE, XMTR, ERII, KRNT, and GRC
Should you be buying DXP Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DXP Enterprises include MRC Global (MRC), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Global Industrial (GIC), CECO Environmental (CECO), Proto Labs (PRLB), Myers Industries (MYE), Xometry (XMTR), Energy Recovery (ERII), Kornit Digital (KRNT), and Gorman-Rupp (GRC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
MRC Global received 142 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote.
DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 4.10% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 3.34%. MRC Global's return on equity of 26.92% beat DXP Enterprises' return on equity.
DXP Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $55.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. MRC Global has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 31.56%. Given MRC Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MRC Global is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
In the previous week, MRC Global had 1 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MRC Global and 1 mentions for DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat MRC Global's score of 0.39 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, 95.0% of MRC Global shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of MRC Global shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MRC Global has higher revenue and earnings than DXP Enterprises. MRC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MRC Global beats DXP Enterprises on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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