Titan Machinery (TITN) Competitors

Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap trading companies & distributors companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Is TITN or DXPE more profitable?

DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 4.52% compared to Titan Machinery's net margin of -2.23%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 20.94% beat Titan Machinery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Titan Machinery	-2.23%	-8.22%	-2.64%
DXP Enterprises	4.52%	20.94%	6.77%

Do analysts prefer TITN or DXPE?

Titan Machinery presently has a consensus price target of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. DXP Enterprises has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.78%. Given Titan Machinery's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Titan Machinery is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Titan Machinery	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
DXP Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer TITN or DXPE?

In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 6 more articles in the media than Titan Machinery. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 8 mentions for Titan Machinery. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Titan Machinery's score of 0.44 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Titan Machinery	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DXP Enterprises	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, TITN or DXPE?

Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TITN or DXPE?

78.4% of Titan Machinery shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Titan Machinery shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of DXP Enterprises 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, TITN or DXPE?

DXP Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Titan Machinery. Titan Machinery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, 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
Titan Machinery	$2.70B	0.17	-$36.91M	-$2.63	-7.40
DXP Enterprises	$1.80B	1.02	$70.49M	$5.24	22.32

Summary

DXP Enterprises beats Titan Machinery on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.