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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff