GIC vs. MRC, DXPE, ALTG, MSM, LNN, CDRE, CMCO, APOG, HOLI, and SCSC
Should you be buying Global Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Industrial include MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Lindsay (LNN), Cadre (CDRE), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), and ScanSource (SCSC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) and MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
Global Industrial has a net margin of 5.34% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 3.34%. Global Industrial's return on equity of 28.39% beat MRC Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, Global Industrial and Global Industrial both had 12 articles in the media. MRC Global's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Global Industrial's score of -0.10 indicating that MRC Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MRC Global has a consensus target price of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.26%. Given MRC Global's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MRC Global is more favorable than Global Industrial.
MRC Global received 400 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.48% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.
Global Industrial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
31.2% of Global Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of MRC Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MRC Global has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. MRC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MRC Global beats Global Industrial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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