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Willis Lease Finance (WLFC) Competitors

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$140.10 +6.51 (+4.87%)
As of 07/3/2025 01:48 PM Eastern
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WLFC vs. RUSHA, HEES, DXPE, MRC, BXC, TITN, ACET, GWW, URI, and FAST

Should 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), W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), and Fastenal (FAST). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

Willis Lease Finance vs. Its Competitors

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

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 Ratio
Willis Lease Finance$569.22M1.89$108.61M$14.609.60
Rush Enterprises$7.80B0.54$304.15M$3.5815.23

In the previous week, Willis Lease Finance had 7 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Willis Lease Finance and 4 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Willis Lease Finance's score of 0.46 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Willis Lease Finance pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Willis Lease Finance pays out 6.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rush Enterprises pays out 20.1% 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.

93.7% of Willis Lease Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 53.9% of Willis Lease Finance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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
Willis Lease Finance17.21% 19.69% 3.34%
Rush Enterprises 3.76%13.82%6.35%

Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.84%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rush 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)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Rush Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Willis Lease Finance has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Willis Lease Finance on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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WLFC vs. The Competition

MetricWillis Lease FinanceTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$7.20B$7.20B$9.04B
Dividend Yield0.71%1.70%914.36%4.00%
P/E Ratio9.6016.4213.1020.24
Price / Sales1.896.04314.02117.30
Price / Cash4.326.607.5258.10
Price / Book1.682.012.175.67
Net Income$108.61M$360.72M$563.51M$249.21M
7 Day Performance-5.87%3.33%2.40%3.28%
1 Month Performance-3.71%5.82%4.57%3.95%
1 Year Performance109.74%41.40%3.24%20.98%

Willis Lease Finance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
2.0417 of 5 stars
$140.11
+4.9%
N/A+109.7%$1.07B$569.22M9.60240Insider Trade
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.6834 of 5 stars
$51.51
-0.4%
$61.00
+18.4%
+32.5%$4.01B$7.80B14.397,388Analyst Upgrade
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
2.8639 of 5 stars
$94.64
flat
$71.33
-24.6%
N/A$3.47B$1.46B24.022,380
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
3.2925 of 5 stars
$87.65
-0.5%
$95.00
+8.4%
+110.5%$1.38B$1.80B18.221,843Insider Trade
MRC
MRC Global
2.5268 of 5 stars
$13.72
-7.9%
$15.67
+14.2%
+8.6%$1.18B$3.01B-124.732,600High Trading Volume
BXC
BlueLinx
3.0055 of 5 stars
$74.60
+0.5%
$110.00
+47.5%
-5.1%$598.29M$2.95B16.652,000
TITN
Titan Machinery
2.8192 of 5 stars
$19.81
+0.4%
$21.00
+6.0%
+43.1%$457.31M$2.67B-7.533,648News Coverage
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.2008 of 5 stars
$0.61
-2.5%
$7.50
+1,129.5%
-42.0%$50.45M$24.99M-0.4790News Coverage
GWW
W.W. Grainger
3.4897 of 5 stars
$1,040.00
+1.1%
$1,123.13
+8.0%
+15.1%$49.96B$17.24B26.7026,000Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.4106 of 5 stars
$754.56
+0.3%
$766.23
+1.5%
+23.7%$49.05B$15.35B19.5424,600Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
3.8236 of 5 stars
$42.00
+0.1%
$40.40
-3.8%
+35.5%$48.18B$7.61B41.7922,400News Coverage
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