TITN vs. DXPE, MRC, WLFC, BXC, ACET, GWW, FAST, URI, WSO, and WCC
Should you be buying Titan Machinery stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Titan Machinery include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), BlueLinx (BXC), Adicet Bio (ACET), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Fastenal (FAST), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), and WESCO International (WCC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Titan Machinery vs. Its Competitors
DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) are both small-cap trading companies & distributors companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.
DXP Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 4.27% compared to Titan Machinery's net margin of -2.23%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 20.41% beat Titan Machinery's return on equity.
74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.49%. Titan Machinery has a consensus target price of $21.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.78%. Given DXP Enterprises' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DXP Enterprises is more favorable than Titan Machinery.
In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than Titan Machinery. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 4 mentions for Titan Machinery. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Titan Machinery's score of 0.17 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats Titan Machinery on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:TITN) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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