WillScot Mobile Mini (WSC) Competitors

Toast (NYSE:TOST) and WillScot Mobile Mini (NASDAQ:WSC) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, TOST or WSC?

Toast has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WillScot Mobile Mini has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TOST or WSC?

WillScot Mobile Mini has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Toast. Toast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WillScot Mobile Mini, 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
Toast	$5.22B	4.08	-$246M	$0.23	186.10
WillScot Mobile Mini	$2.37B	2.11	$476.46M	$0.09	301.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOST or WSC?

WillScot Mobile Mini received 139 more outperform votes than Toast when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.65% of users gave WillScot Mobile Mini an outperform vote while only 39.80% of users gave Toast an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Toast	Outperform Votes 78 39.80%	Underperform Votes 118 60.20%
WillScot Mobile Mini	Outperform Votes 217 61.65%	Underperform Votes 135 38.35%

Does the media favor TOST or WSC?

In the previous week, Toast had 17 more articles in the media than WillScot Mobile Mini. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Toast and 13 mentions for WillScot Mobile Mini. WillScot Mobile Mini's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Toast's score of 1.29 indicating that WillScot Mobile Mini is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Toast	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
WillScot Mobile Mini	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate TOST or WSC?

Toast currently has a consensus price target of $40.91, indicating a potential downside of 4.42%. WillScot Mobile Mini has a consensus price target of $40.63, indicating a potential upside of 49.52%. Given WillScot Mobile Mini's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WillScot Mobile Mini is more favorable than Toast.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Toast	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48
WillScot Mobile Mini	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is TOST or WSC more profitable?

WillScot Mobile Mini has a net margin of 1.17% compared to Toast's net margin of 0.40%. WillScot Mobile Mini's return on equity of 24.67% beat Toast's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Toast	0.40%	1.54%	0.93%
WillScot Mobile Mini	1.17%	24.67%	4.83%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in TOST or WSC?

82.9% of Toast shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.3% of Toast shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of WillScot Mobile Mini shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

WillScot Mobile Mini beats Toast on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.