RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) and RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in FERG or ROLL?

82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend FERG or ROLL?

Ferguson presently has a consensus price target of $199.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ferguson is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferguson	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FERG or ROLL?

Ferguson received 71 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.97% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ferguson	Outperform Votes 71 47.97%	Underperform Votes 77 52.03%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 123 100.00%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FERG or ROLL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferguson	$29.90B	1.20	$1.74B	$8.13	21.99
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	9.47	$59.60M	$2.06	181.21

Is FERG or ROLL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferguson	5.68%	34.63%	11.73%
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to FERG or ROLL?

In the previous week, Ferguson had 53 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Ferguson and 3 mentions for RBC Bearings. Ferguson's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat RBC Bearings' score of 0.00 indicating that Ferguson is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ferguson	29 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, FERG or ROLL?

Ferguson has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ferguson beats RBC Bearings on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.