ALTG vs. DXPE, MRC, GIC, CIX, EAF, MTW, HDSN, BOOM, ACCO, and DMRC
Should you be buying Alta Equipment Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alta Equipment Group include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), Global Industrial (GIC), CompX International (CIX), GrafTech International (EAF), Manitowoc (MTW), Hudson Technologies (HDSN), DMC Global (BOOM), ACCO Brands (ACCO), and Digimarc (DMRC).
Alta Equipment Group (NYSE:ALTG) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Alta Equipment Group had 6 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Alta Equipment Group and 1 mentions for DXP Enterprises. Alta Equipment Group's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 0.34 indicating that Alta Equipment Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.6% of Alta Equipment Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.9% of Alta Equipment Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Alta Equipment Group presently has a consensus price target of $21.17, suggesting a potential upside of 81.84%. DXP Enterprises has a consensus price target of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.67%. Given Alta Equipment Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Alta Equipment Group is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
Alta Equipment Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DXP Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Alta Equipment Group. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alta Equipment Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 4.10% compared to Alta Equipment Group's net margin of 0.47%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 19.30% beat Alta Equipment Group's return on equity.
DXP Enterprises received 238 more outperform votes than Alta Equipment Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.32% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave Alta Equipment Group an outperform vote.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats Alta Equipment Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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