ROLL vs. FERG, OTIS, IR, DOV, HUBB, TS, TRMB, PKG, CNH, and ZBRA
Should you be buying RBC Bearings stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RBC Bearings include Ferguson (FERG), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Dover (DOV), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), Trimble (TRMB), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG), CNH Industrial (CNH), and Zebra Technologies (ZBRA). These companies are all part of the "industrials" sector.
RBC Bearings vs. Its Competitors
Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) and RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Ferguson has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
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.
Ferguson currently has a consensus target price of $222.60, suggesting a potential downside of 0.09%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ferguson is more favorable than RBC Bearings.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 27 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Ferguson and 1 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Ferguson's score of 0.61 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ferguson beats RBC Bearings on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ROLL) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff