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WSC vs. URI, AER, RBA, GRAB, Z, ZG, TRU, GFL, KSPI, and ULS

Should you be buying WillScot stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WillScot include United Rentals (URI), Aercap (AER), RB Global (RBA), Grab (GRAB), Zillow Group (Z), Zillow Group (ZG), TransUnion (TRU), GFL Environmental (GFL), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI), and UL Solutions (ULS).

WillScot vs. Its Competitors

WillScot (NASDAQ:WSC) and United Rentals (NYSE:URI) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends and earnings.

95.8% of WillScot shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.3% of United Rentals shares are held by institutional investors. 3.1% of WillScot shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of United Rentals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

WillScot pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. United Rentals pays an annual dividend of $7.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. WillScot pays out 311.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Rentals pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Rentals has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

In the previous week, United Rentals had 50 more articles in the media than WillScot. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for United Rentals and 8 mentions for WillScot. WillScot's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat United Rentals' score of 1.07 indicating that WillScot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WillScot
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United Rentals
32 Very Positive mention(s)
14 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WillScot presently has a consensus target price of $40.63, suggesting a potential upside of 28.17%. United Rentals has a consensus target price of $812.64, suggesting a potential downside of 8.58%. Given WillScot's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe WillScot is more favorable than United Rentals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WillScot
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
United Rentals
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

WillScot has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Rentals has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

United Rentals has a net margin of 16.11% compared to WillScot's net margin of 0.63%. United Rentals' return on equity of 32.35% beat WillScot's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WillScot0.63% 26.28% 4.68%
United Rentals 16.11%32.35%9.94%

United Rentals has higher revenue and earnings than WillScot. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WillScot, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WillScot$2.37B2.44$28.13M$0.09352.17
United Rentals$15.35B3.77$2.58B$38.6223.02

Summary

United Rentals beats WillScot on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WSC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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WSC vs. The Competition

MetricWillScotREAL ESTATE OPS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$5.78B$6.35B$12.39B$9.52B
Dividend Yield0.93%4.44%5.53%3.99%
P/E Ratio352.4130.2219.0520.02
Price / Sales2.446.6426.34104.32
Price / Cash8.0122.0821.8458.97
Price / Book5.711.922.275.90
Net Income$28.13M$110.99M$998.01M$258.50M
7 Day Performance4.26%1.72%0.78%2.12%
1 Month Performance15.59%6.72%4.25%12.62%
1 Year Performance-26.70%18.41%540.71%19.25%

WillScot Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSC
WillScot
4.6648 of 5 stars
$31.70
+1.4%
$40.63
+28.2%
-23.8%$5.78B$2.37B352.414,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
URI
United Rentals
4.3223 of 5 stars
$809.74
-0.6%
$768.54
-5.1%
+22.1%$52.63B$15.35B20.9727,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AER
Aercap
2.323 of 5 stars
$115.20
+0.6%
$121.25
+5.3%
+20.3%$21.52B$8.00B10.22740Upcoming Earnings
RBA
RB Global
3.247 of 5 stars
$109.68
+1.4%
$115.79
+5.6%
+36.8%$20.31B$4.33B54.037,800
GRAB
Grab
1.0108 of 5 stars
$5.01
+0.2%
$5.71
+13.9%
+58.9%$20.18B$2.92B250.6311,267Trending News
Z
Zillow Group
2.9511 of 5 stars
$78.87
+1.1%
$83.71
+6.1%
+69.3%$19.04B$2.24B-231.975,720
ZG
Zillow Group
4.1761 of 5 stars
$76.18
+1.2%
$82.45
+8.2%
+67.1%$18.39B$2.24B-224.066,856Positive News
TRU
TransUnion
4.5761 of 5 stars
$92.15
+1.2%
$110.64
+20.1%
+26.7%$17.98B$4.18B49.0113,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GFL
GFL Environmental
4.2726 of 5 stars
$48.10
+1.6%
$56.29
+17.0%
+21.7%$17.64B$5.62B9.8620,000Upcoming Earnings
KSPI
Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz
4.4916 of 5 stars
$80.87
-0.7%
$135.67
+67.8%
-34.9%$16.13B$4.82B7.769,637News Coverage
ULS
UL Solutions
2.793 of 5 stars
$72.50
+1.5%
$69.43
-4.2%
+60.0%$14.54B$2.87B43.4115,094Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:WSC) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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