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$66.56 +0.47 (+0.71%)
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BXC vs. DXPE, MRC, WLFC, TITN, ACET, GWW, URI, FAST, WSO, and AIT

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

BlueLinx vs.

DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.

DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 3.75% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.80%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises3.75% 18.74% 6.05%
BlueLinx 1.80%7.50%3.07%

In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 6 mentions for BlueLinx. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 1.35 indicating that BlueLinx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlueLinx
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DXP Enterprises has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BlueLinx. BlueLinx 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
DXP Enterprises$1.87B0.70$68.81M$4.8117.38
BlueLinx$2.94B0.18$48.54M$4.4814.86

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlueLinx has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.64%. BlueLinx has a consensus target price of $110.00, indicating a potential upside of 65.26%. Given BlueLinx's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
DXP Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BlueLinx
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

DXP Enterprises received 62 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.24% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
DXP EnterprisesOutperform Votes
267
61.24%
Underperform Votes
169
38.76%
BlueLinxOutperform Votes
205
56.94%
Underperform Votes
155
43.06%

Summary

DXP Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BXC vs. The Competition

MetricBlueLinxLumber, plywood, & millwork IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$533.94M$533.94M$8.63B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A2.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio10.8410.8416.4434.53
Price / Sales0.180.1874.4434.83
Price / Cash8.878.8721.7617.51
Price / Book0.850.854.604.69
Net Income$48.54M$48.54M$553.80M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.25%-6.25%-2.89%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-6.81%-6.81%7.28%6.27%
1 Year Performance-34.58%-34.58%84.60%5.78%

BlueLinx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BXC
BlueLinx
3.8474 of 5 stars
$66.56
+0.7%
$110.00
+65.3%
-35.1%$533.94M$2.94B10.842,100Positive News
Gap Up
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
3.6996 of 5 stars
$87.18
+2.9%
$95.00
+9.0%
+63.9%$1.37B$1.87B22.472,490Gap Up
MRC
MRC Global
3.6513 of 5 stars
$13.05
+6.6%
$15.00
+14.9%
-7.7%$1.12B$2.95B15.002,800Positive News
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
1.6411 of 5 stars
$141.47
+1.2%
N/A+97.5%$1.09B$607.87M10.03240Analyst Downgrade
TITN
Titan Machinery
3.6032 of 5 stars
$20.27
+4.7%
$19.80
-2.3%
-13.1%$467.95M$2.70B15.132,290Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.563 of 5 stars
$0.72
+18.1%
$7.50
+941.7%
-55.9%$59.55M$24.99M-0.4290High Trading Volume
GWW
W.W. Grainger
2.9699 of 5 stars
$1,067.71
+3.0%
$1,120.00
+4.9%
+11.9%$51.29B$17.24B27.5826,000Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.2736 of 5 stars
$712.40
+5.9%
$725.69
+1.9%
+2.9%$46.31B$15.58B18.3824,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
FAST
Fastenal
3.9282 of 5 stars
$80.15
+2.0%
$79.10
-1.3%
+22.2%$45.98B$7.61B39.8822,400Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WSO
Watsco
3.3771 of 5 stars
$484.20
+1.7%
$480.83
-0.7%
-5.6%$19.56B$7.58B36.547,280
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7148 of 5 stars
$233.74
+6.0%
$285.00
+21.9%
+12.1%$8.90B$4.50B23.686,100Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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