BXC vs. DXPE, MRC, WLFC, TITN, ACET, GWW, FAST, URI, 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), Fastenal (FAST), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), and Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
BlueLinx vs. Its Competitors
BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
BlueLinx has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
DXP Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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 56.79% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.
BlueLinx currently has a consensus price target of $110.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.41%. DXP Enterprises has a consensus price target of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.51%. Given BlueLinx's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
90.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BlueLinx had 1 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BlueLinx and 4 mentions for DXP Enterprises. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 1.14 indicating that BlueLinx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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