Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) Competitors $143.55 +2.29 (+1.62%) Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$143.57 +0.02 (+0.02%) As of 07/25/2025 04:20 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WLFC vs. RUSHA, HEES, DXPE, MRC, BXC, TITN, ACET, URI, FAST, and GWWShould you be buying Willis Lease Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Lease Finance include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), United Rentals (URI), Fastenal (FAST), and W.W. Grainger (GWW). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry. Willis Lease Finance vs. Its Competitors Rush Enterprises H&E Equipment Services DXP Enterprises MRC Global BlueLinx Titan Machinery Adicet Bio United Rentals Fastenal W.W. Grainger Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) and Willis Lease Finance (NASDAQ:WLFC) are both trading companies & distributors companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations. Does the media prefer RUSHA or WLFC? In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than Willis Lease Finance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 4 mentions for Willis Lease Finance. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Willis Lease Finance's score of 1.41 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Rush Enterprises 7 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Willis Lease Finance 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RUSHA or WLFC? Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Willis Lease Finance. Willis Lease Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioRush Enterprises$7.80B0.55$304.15M$3.5815.31Willis Lease Finance$569.22M1.93$108.61M$14.609.83 Is RUSHA or WLFC more profitable? Willis Lease Finance has a net margin of 17.21% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.76%. Willis Lease Finance's return on equity of 19.69% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Rush Enterprises3.76% 13.82% 6.35% Willis Lease Finance 17.21%19.69%3.34% Which has more risk and volatility, RUSHA or WLFC? Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Willis Lease Finance has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do insiders & institutionals believe in RUSHA or WLFC? 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.7% of Willis Lease Finance shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 53.9% of Willis Lease Finance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Is RUSHA or WLFC a better dividend stock? Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Willis Lease Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Rush Enterprises pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Willis Lease Finance pays out 6.8% 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. Rush Enterprises is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do analysts recommend RUSHA or WLFC? Rush Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.27%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than Willis Lease Finance.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Rush Enterprises 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Willis Lease Finance 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 SummaryRush Enterprises beats Willis Lease Finance on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Willis Lease Finance News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WLFC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WLFC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WLFC vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWillis Lease FinanceTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ ExchangeMarket Cap$1.08B$6.96B$7.36B$9.50BDividend Yield0.71%1.80%699.43%4.01%P/E Ratio9.8315.8313.2720.05Price / Sales1.936.70549.8589.38Price / Cash4.366.497.9858.56Price / Book1.732.022.205.87Net Income$108.61M$360.72M$571.39M$258.55M7 Day Performance3.16%2.68%1.80%3.73%1 Month Performance-0.82%4.28%5.29%11.75%1 Year Performance65.93%34.86%-1.37%18.03% Willis Lease Finance Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WLFCWillis Lease Finance3.0465 of 5 stars$143.55+1.6%N/A+66.8%$1.08B$569.22M9.83240RUSHARush Enterprises4.5594 of 5 stars$53.88+0.4%$61.00+13.2%+14.3%$4.19B$7.78B15.057,388Positive NewsUpcoming EarningsHEESH&E Equipment Services2.7522 of 5 stars$94.64flat$71.33-24.6%N/A$3.47B$1.46B24.022,380Upcoming EarningsDXPEDXP Enterprises2.7475 of 5 stars$92.23+0.8%$95.00+3.0%+108.9%$1.45B$1.87B19.171,843Positive NewsMRCMRC Global2.0347 of 5 stars$13.15+2.8%$15.67+19.2%-1.9%$1.13B$2.95B-119.502,600High Trading VolumeBXCBlueLinx2.3713 of 5 stars$84.02-2.9%$110.00+30.9%-32.1%$673.80M$2.95B18.752,000Upcoming EarningsHigh Trading VolumeTITNTitan Machinery3.0647 of 5 stars$19.55-1.9%$21.00+7.4%+13.7%$451.21M$2.70B-7.433,648News CoveragePositive NewsACETAdicet Bio2.7977 of 5 stars$0.78+3.9%$7.50+863.3%-48.9%$64.40M$24.99M-0.6090News CoveragePositive NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionURIUnited Rentals4.3369 of 5 stars$809.74-0.6%$768.54-5.1%+17.8%$52.63B$15.35B20.9727,900Trending NewsEarnings ReportDividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastFASTFastenal4.4325 of 5 stars$45.07+4.2%$48.45+7.5%+38.3%$51.71B$7.55B44.8523,702Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumeGWWW.W. Grainger3.3464 of 5 stars$1,057.72-0.2%$1,116.25+5.5%+10.5%$50.81B$17.17B27.1626,000Positive NewsUpcoming Earnings Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Rush Enterprises Competitors H&E Equipment Services Competitors DXP Enterprises Competitors MRC Global Competitors BlueLinx Competitors Titan Machinery Competitors Adicet Bio Competitors United Rentals Competitors Fastenal Competitors W.W. Grainger Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NASDAQ:WLFC) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump's 2025 Economic Revolution Is Here Are Your Retirement Savings Ready?Time is short. 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