McGrath RentCorp - MGRC Competitors

PROG (NYSE:PRG) and McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts rate PRG or MGRC?

PROG presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.59%. McGrath RentCorp has a consensus price target of $120.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.25%. Given McGrath RentCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe McGrath RentCorp is more favorable than PROG.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PROG	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
McGrath RentCorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is PRG or MGRC more profitable?

McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 15.69% compared to PROG's net margin of 3.80%. PROG's return on equity of 23.28% beat McGrath RentCorp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PROG	3.80%	23.28%	8.97%
McGrath RentCorp	15.69%	15.02%	6.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, PRG or MGRC?

PROG has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to PRG or MGRC?

In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 2 more articles in the media than PROG. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 1 mentions for PROG. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat PROG's score of 0.53 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PROG	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
McGrath RentCorp	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PRG or MGRC?

McGrath RentCorp received 233 more outperform votes than PROG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.58% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote while only 51.52% of users gave PROG an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PROG	Outperform Votes 17 51.52%	Underperform Votes 16 48.48%
McGrath RentCorp	Outperform Votes 250 61.58%	Underperform Votes 156 38.42%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PRG or MGRC?

98.8% of PROG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of PROG shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of McGrath RentCorp shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PRG or MGRC?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PROG	$2.60 billion	0.41	$98.71 million	$1.91	11.72
McGrath RentCorp	$733.82 million	3.05	$115.14 million	$4.71	19.49

Summary

McGrath RentCorp beats PROG on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.