HEES vs. AIT, WCC, BECN, AL, GATX, MSM, RUSHA, DXPE, MRC, and WLFC
Should you be buying H&E Equipment Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&E Equipment Services include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), GATX (GATX), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), and Willis Lease Finance (WLFC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
H&E Equipment Services vs. Its Competitors
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than H&E Equipment Services. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 4 mentions for H&E Equipment Services. H&E Equipment Services' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.38 indicating that H&E Equipment Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Applied Industrial Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.03%. H&E Equipment Services has a consensus price target of $71.33, indicating a potential downside of 24.63%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than H&E Equipment Services.
Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. H&E Equipment Services pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. H&E Equipment Services pays out 44.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Applied Industrial Technologies and H&E Equipment Services both received 267 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 59.60% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote while only 56.09% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than H&E Equipment Services. Applied Industrial Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H&E Equipment Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.87, meaning that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.62%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 25.46% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats H&E Equipment Services on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:HEES) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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