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Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) Competitors

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$136.71 -0.43 (-0.31%)
Closing price 10/3/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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WLFC vs. DXPE, MRC, BXC, TITN, ACET, URI, FAST, GWW, WSO, and WCC

Should you be buying Willis Lease Finance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Willis Lease Finance include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), United Rentals (URI), Fastenal (FAST), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Watsco (WSO), and WESCO International (WCC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

Willis Lease Finance vs. Its Competitors

Willis Lease Finance (NASDAQ:WLFC) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap trading companies & distributors companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Willis Lease Finance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than DXP Enterprises. Willis Lease Finance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Willis Lease Finance$652.25M1.43$108.61M$16.828.13
DXP Enterprises$1.92B1.04$70.49M$5.2424.23

Willis Lease Finance has a net margin of 18.77% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 4.52%. Willis Lease Finance's return on equity of 21.75% beat DXP Enterprises' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Willis Lease Finance18.77% 21.75% 3.61%
DXP Enterprises 4.52%20.94%6.77%

93.7% of Willis Lease Finance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 53.8% of Willis Lease Finance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Willis Lease Finance has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Willis Lease Finance had 1 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Willis Lease Finance and 3 mentions for DXP Enterprises. Willis Lease Finance's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 0.56 indicating that Willis Lease Finance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Willis Lease Finance
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DXP Enterprises
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DXP Enterprises has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.18%. Given DXP Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DXP Enterprises is more favorable than Willis Lease Finance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Willis Lease Finance
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
DXP Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Willis Lease Finance beats DXP Enterprises on 9 of the 15 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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WLFC vs. The Competition

MetricWillis Lease FinanceTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$930.94M$7.62B$7.29B$10.55B
Dividend Yield0.73%1.77%940.02%4.70%
P/E Ratio8.1327.3015.1326.71
Price / Sales1.439.93607.57225.61
Price / Cash4.227.027.9431.09
Price / Book1.642.382.476.57
Net Income$108.61M$360.72M$558.45M$276.78M
7 Day Performance-0.22%2.24%0.38%1.98%
1 Month Performance-8.27%9.35%6.03%9.13%
1 Year Performance-10.31%5.10%3.75%31.60%

Willis Lease Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
1.9278 of 5 stars
$136.71
-0.3%
N/A-10.3%$930.94M$652.25M8.13240
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
2.669 of 5 stars
$121.91
0.0%
$95.00
-22.1%
+143.8%$1.91B$1.80B23.271,843
MRC
MRC Global
2.3988 of 5 stars
$14.38
-1.7%
$16.00
+11.3%
+16.3%$1.24B$3.01B-59.912,600
BXC
BlueLinx
2.6084 of 5 stars
$73.51
-0.8%
$91.00
+23.8%
-31.7%$584.67M$2.95B21.812,000
TITN
Titan Machinery
3.6924 of 5 stars
$16.91
-0.9%
$22.25
+31.6%
+18.4%$398.98M$2.70B-6.263,648
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.4131 of 5 stars
$0.83
-1.1%
$5.33
+542.0%
-41.2%$69.93M$24.99M-0.6390Gap Down
URI
United Rentals
4.501 of 5 stars
$942.86
-0.5%
$911.06
-3.4%
+24.4%$60.95B$15.35B24.3827,900Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.5475 of 5 stars
$48.87
+0.3%
$46.82
-4.2%
+36.4%$55.89B$7.55B46.9923,702Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.5993 of 5 stars
$947.58
-1.3%
$1,069.13
+12.8%
-7.4%$45.91B$17.17B24.0426,000
WSO
Watsco
4.1253 of 5 stars
$400.07
+0.5%
$480.00
+20.0%
-13.5%$16.14B$7.62B30.687,295Positive News
Dividend Announcement
WCC
WESCO International
3.7906 of 5 stars
$211.18
-1.2%
$232.67
+10.2%
+31.0%$10.40B$21.82B16.5420,000Analyst Upgrade

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