FAST vs. URI, GWW, TSCO, WSO, WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, and GATX
Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include United Rentals (URI), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), and GATX (GATX).
Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) and United Rentals (NYSE:URI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
In the previous week, United Rentals had 14 more articles in the media than Fastenal. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for United Rentals and 12 mentions for Fastenal. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Fastenal's score of 0.76 indicating that United Rentals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
81.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of United Rentals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Fastenal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of United Rentals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fastenal pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. United Rentals pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Fastenal pays out 77.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Rentals pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
United Rentals has a net margin of 17.35% compared to Fastenal's net margin of 15.54%. United Rentals' return on equity of 36.18% beat Fastenal's return on equity.
Fastenal has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Rentals has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Fastenal presently has a consensus target price of $66.67, suggesting a potential downside of 5.26%. United Rentals has a consensus target price of $651.20, suggesting a potential downside of 13.43%. Given Fastenal's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Fastenal is more favorable than United Rentals.
United Rentals has higher revenue and earnings than Fastenal. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fastenal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Rentals received 331 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave United Rentals an outperform vote while only 54.42% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
Summary
United Rentals beats Fastenal on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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