BlueLinx (BXC) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DXPE or BXC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXP Enterprises	Outperform Votes 267 61.24%	Underperform Votes 169 38.76%
BlueLinx	Outperform Votes 205 56.79%	Underperform Votes 156 43.21%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DXPE or BXC?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate DXPE or BXC?

DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.35%. BlueLinx has a consensus price target of $110.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.03%. 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

Is DXPE or BXC more profitable?

DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 4.27% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.31%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 20.41% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises	4.27%	20.41%	6.55%
BlueLinx	1.31%	4.90%	1.98%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DXPE or BXC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DXP Enterprises	$1.80B	0.73	$70.49M	$4.81	17.42
BlueLinx	$2.94B	0.20	$53.12M	$4.48	16.48

Which has more risk & volatility, DXPE or BXC?

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlueLinx has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DXPE or BXC?

In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 6 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 2 mentions for BlueLinx. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat BlueLinx's score of 0.74 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BlueLinx	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DXP Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.