ScanSource (SCSC) Competitors

TriMas (NASDAQ:TRS) and ScanSource (NASDAQ:SCSC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Is TRS or SCSC more profitable?

TriMas has a net margin of 4.52% compared to TriMas' net margin of 2.45%. TriMas' return on equity of 9.18% beat ScanSource's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TriMas	4.52%	8.85%	4.41%
ScanSource	2.45%	9.18%	4.34%

Which has more risk and volatility, TRS or SCSC?

TriMas has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ScanSource has a beta of 1.51, suggesting that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of TRS or SCSC?

99.4% of TriMas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of ScanSource shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of TriMas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.6% of ScanSource shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRS or SCSC?

ScanSource received 22 more outperform votes than TriMas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.39% of users gave ScanSource an outperform vote while only 54.38% of users gave TriMas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TriMas	Outperform Votes 211 54.38%	Underperform Votes 177 45.62%
ScanSource	Outperform Votes 233 57.39%	Underperform Votes 173 42.61%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, TRS or SCSC?

ScanSource has higher revenue and earnings than TriMas. ScanSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TriMas, 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
TriMas	$893.55M	1.19	$40.36M	$0.97	26.87
ScanSource	$3.79B	0.27	$89.81M	$3.48	11.89

Does the media prefer TRS or SCSC?

In the previous week, TriMas and TriMas both had 3 articles in the media. TriMas' average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat ScanSource's score of 1.09 indicating that ScanSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TriMas	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ScanSource	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend TRS or SCSC?

TriMas presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.86%. ScanSource has a consensus price target of $35.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.21%. Given ScanSource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TriMas is more favorable than ScanSource.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TriMas	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
ScanSource	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

ScanSource beats TriMas on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.