Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) Vs. GWW, URI, WSO, WCC, AL, MSM, AIT, BECN, GATX, and RUSHA
Should you be buying Fastenal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fastenal include W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GATX (GATX), and Rush Enterprises (RUSHA). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Fastenal vs.
United Rentals (NYSE:URI) and Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
88.7% of United Rentals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Fastenal shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of United Rentals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Fastenal shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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 currently has a consensus target price of $363.38, indicating a potential upside of 1.86%. Fastenal has a consensus target price of $54.67, indicating a potential downside of 13.52%. Given United Rentals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United Rentals is more favorable than Fastenal.
Fastenal has a net margin of 15.25% compared to United Rentals' net margin of 13.04%. Fastenal's return on equity of 31.32% beat United Rentals' return on equity.
In the previous week, Fastenal had 5 more articles in the media than United Rentals. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Fastenal and 8 mentions for United Rentals. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Fastenal's score of 0.29 indicating that United Rentals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Rentals received 307 more outperform votes than Fastenal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.94% of users gave United Rentals an outperform vote while only 56.92% of users gave Fastenal an outperform vote.
United Rentals has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fastenal has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
United Rentals beats Fastenal on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FAST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Fastenal (NASDAQ:FAST) vs. Its Competitors
Fastenal Competitors List
