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$114.55 +1.07 (+0.94%)
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MGRC vs. UNF, KAR, HCSG, CTAS, CPRT, IRM, AL, UPBD, PRG, and CTOS

Should you be buying McGrath RentCorp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of McGrath RentCorp include UniFirst (UNF), OPENLANE (KAR), Healthcare Services Group (HCSG), Cintas (CTAS), Copart (CPRT), Iron Mountain (IRM), Air Lease (AL), Upbound Group (UPBD), PROG (PRG), and Custom Truck One Source (CTOS).

McGrath RentCorp vs.

McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and UniFirst (NYSE:UNF) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.

McGrath RentCorp received 21 more outperform votes than UniFirst when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.11% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 52.55% of users gave UniFirst an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
McGrath RentCorpOutperform Votes
258
58.11%
Underperform Votes
186
41.89%
UniFirstOutperform Votes
237
52.55%
Underperform Votes
214
47.45%

McGrath RentCorp presently has a consensus price target of $145.50, indicating a potential upside of 27.02%. UniFirst has a consensus price target of $180.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.45%. Given McGrath RentCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe McGrath RentCorp is more favorable than UniFirst.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
McGrath RentCorp
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
UniFirst
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.2% of UniFirst shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of UniFirst shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 2 more articles in the media than UniFirst. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 10 mentions for UniFirst. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat UniFirst's score of 1.15 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
McGrath RentCorp
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
UniFirst
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

McGrath RentCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UniFirst. McGrath RentCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UniFirst, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
McGrath RentCorp$918.53M3.07$174.62M$9.6511.87
UniFirst$2.45B1.40$145.47M$8.0422.95

McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. UniFirst pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. McGrath RentCorp pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UniFirst pays out 17.4% 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. McGrath RentCorp has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years and UniFirst has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. McGrath RentCorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UniFirst has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.44% compared to UniFirst's net margin of 6.00%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.68% beat UniFirst's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
McGrath RentCorp25.44% 13.68% 6.16%
UniFirst 6.00%7.40%5.80%

Summary

McGrath RentCorp beats UniFirst on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MGRC vs. The Competition

MetricMcGrath RentCorpEquipment rental & leasing IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.82B$6.66B$11.47B$8.39B
Dividend Yield1.69%2.09%5.44%4.11%
P/E Ratio12.159.5422.4219.71
Price / Sales3.071.4227.62120.55
Price / Cash12.504.5617.6234.62
Price / Book2.502.362.774.50
Net Income$174.62M$538.89M$1.03B$248.22M
7 Day Performance-0.40%-1.46%-0.23%0.56%
1 Month Performance12.46%14.03%6.11%13.17%
1 Year Performance2.86%-3.97%536.61%7.30%

McGrath RentCorp Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGRC
McGrath RentCorp
4.9251 of 5 stars
$114.55
+0.9%
$145.50
+27.0%
+0.7%$2.82B$918.53M12.151,220Positive News
UNF
UniFirst
3.3094 of 5 stars
$188.68
+0.7%
$180.00
-4.6%
+12.4%$3.50B$2.45B24.1314,000News Coverage
Positive News
KAR
OPENLANE
3.1236 of 5 stars
$22.46
+0.8%
$23.67
+5.4%
+27.1%$2.41B$1.82B42.383,960Positive News
HCSG
Healthcare Services Group
1.4008 of 5 stars
$14.67
-0.9%
$14.80
+0.9%
+27.1%$1.07B$1.74B27.1735,700News Coverage
Positive News
CTAS
Cintas
4.6438 of 5 stars
$223.03
+1.0%
$213.88
-4.1%
+26.3%$90.06B$10.14B53.7743,000Positive News
CPRT
Copart
2.8702 of 5 stars
$63.43
-0.6%
$58.00
-8.6%
+11.2%$61.28B$4.51B42.5711,700News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
IRM
Iron Mountain
4.4597 of 5 stars
$101.01
+0.4%
$121.29
+20.1%
+16.0%$29.80B$6.27B165.5926,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
AL
Air Lease
4.3578 of 5 stars
$57.09
-0.6%
$55.67
-2.5%
+16.2%$6.38B$2.81B17.14150Analyst Upgrade
UPBD
Upbound Group
4.5893 of 5 stars
$25.02
-0.4%
$36.60
+46.3%
-26.4%$1.45B$4.40B11.3212,700News Coverage
Positive News
PRG
PROG
4.2376 of 5 stars
$30.17
+0.4%
$44.83
+48.6%
-20.1%$1.22B$2.51B6.651,606Positive News
CTOS
Custom Truck One Source
0.9394 of 5 stars
$4.65
-1.5%
$5.25
+12.9%
-6.1%$1.05B$1.81B-29.061,800Gap Down

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This page (NASDAQ:MGRC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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