RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) and Crane (NYSE:CR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Is ROLL or CR more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to RBC Bearings' net margin of 0.00%. Crane's return on equity of 24.45% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%

Which has more risk & volatility, ROLL or CR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ROLL or CR?

75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Crane shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate ROLL or CR?

Crane has a consensus target price of $137.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.16%. Given Crane's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crane is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ROLL or CR?

Crane has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Crane 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
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	6.34	$59.60M	$2.06	121.35
Crane	$1.81B	4.51	$401.10M	$3.73	38.32

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROLL or CR?

Crane received 427 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.47% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 75 100.00%
Crane	Outperform Votes 427 59.47%	Underperform Votes 291 40.53%

Does the media refer more to ROLL or CR?

In the previous week, Crane had 20 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Crane and 1 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Crane's score of -0.01 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Crane	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Crane beats RBC Bearings on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.