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RUSHA vs. FELE, LECO, RUSHB, UFPI, AIT, BCC, FBIN, ITT, NPO, and WCC

Should you be buying Rush Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rush Enterprises include Franklin Electric (FELE), Lincoln Electric (LECO), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), UFP Industries (UFPI), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Boise Cascade (BCC), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), ITT (ITT), Enpro (NPO), and WESCO International (WCC).

Rush Enterprises vs. Its Competitors

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Rush Enterprises pays out 21.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Rush Enterprises has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has increased its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Rush Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Rush Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.85%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $107.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.70%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than Franklin Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rush Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Franklin Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rush Enterprises$7.80B0.51$304.15M$3.5114.50
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.05$180.31M$3.8724.10

In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 3 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.83 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rush Enterprises
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Franklin Electric
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Franklin Electric has a net margin of 8.71% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.73%. Franklin Electric's return on equity of 14.05% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rush Enterprises3.73% 13.29% 6.14%
Franklin Electric 8.71%14.05%9.47%

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Franklin Electric on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RUSHA vs. The Competition

MetricRush EnterprisesRET/WHLSL AUTO/TRUCK IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.96B$4.42B$26.83B$10.46B
Dividend Yield1.51%1.57%172.56%4.79%
P/E Ratio14.5013.0419.1827.05
Price / Sales0.510.529.36186.92
Price / Cash7.3910.3716.8530.17
Price / Book1.871.645.076.69
Net Income$304.15M$375.51M$911.72M$276.12M
7 Day Performance1.81%-2.67%-2.77%-1.38%
1 Month Performance-8.56%-8.97%-2.23%6.20%
1 Year Performance-1.37%4.32%12.87%33.79%

Rush Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.7413 of 5 stars
$50.90
+1.1%
$61.00
+19.9%
-2.4%$3.96B$7.80B14.507,388
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.6118 of 5 stars
$95.10
-1.3%
$107.00
+12.5%
-12.9%$4.28B$2.02B24.576,300Positive News
LECO
Lincoln Electric
4.2142 of 5 stars
$236.38
0.0%
$239.33
+1.2%
+17.3%$13.05B$4.01B26.5612,000Analyst Upgrade
RUSHB
Rush Enterprises
2.2246 of 5 stars
$54.64
-3.6%
N/A+19.1%$4.41B$7.80B15.578,040Positive News
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.726 of 5 stars
$91.43
-0.8%
$134.00
+46.6%
-34.7%$5.40B$6.54B15.8715,000
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7674 of 5 stars
$259.36
+0.4%
$285.00
+9.9%
+8.7%$9.76B$4.56B25.636,800
BCC
Boise Cascade
4.8582 of 5 stars
$75.35
-2.9%
$110.67
+46.9%
-49.2%$2.90B$6.72B11.067,560
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.425 of 5 stars
$51.78
-2.1%
$75.45
+45.7%
-45.2%$6.35B$4.61B16.2811,000
ITT
ITT
4.4903 of 5 stars
$181.06
-0.1%
$190.89
+5.4%
+12.4%$14.13B$3.63B28.4711,700
NPO
Enpro
4.1955 of 5 stars
$233.86
+2.5%
$240.00
+2.6%
+32.7%$4.81B$1.05B58.473,500News Coverage
Gap Up
WCC
WESCO International
3.8596 of 5 stars
$219.92
+1.9%
$232.67
+5.8%
+19.6%$10.50B$21.82B17.2220,000

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This page (NASDAQ:RUSHA) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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