ROLL vs. FERG, IR, DOV, HUBB, TS, PKG, TRMB, CNH, ZBRA, and BALL
Should you be buying RBC Bearings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RBC Bearings include Ferguson (FERG), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), Packaging Co. of America (PKG), Trimble (TRMB), CNH GLOBAL N V Foreign (CNH), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), and Ball (BALL). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RBC Bearings vs. Its Competitors
RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) and Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
Ferguson received 79 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.00% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.
Ferguson has a net margin of 5.68% compared to RBC Bearings' net margin of 0.00%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.63% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.
RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferguson has a consensus target price of $217.07, indicating a potential upside of 2.23%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ferguson is more favorable than RBC Bearings.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 39 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Ferguson and 2 mentions for RBC Bearings. Ferguson's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat RBC Bearings' score of 0.00 indicating that Ferguson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ferguson beats RBC Bearings on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NASDAQ:ROLL) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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