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HRI vs. EWBC, DOV, ITT, PH, SF, SNV, TEX, TKR, URI, and WCC

Should you be buying Herc stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Herc include East West Bancorp (EWBC), Dover (DOV), ITT (ITT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Stifel Financial (SF), Synovus Financial (SNV), Terex (TEX), Timken (TKR), United Rentals (URI), and WESCO International (WCC).

Herc vs. Its Competitors

East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) and Herc (NYSE:HRI) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.

East West Bancorp has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Herc has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

East West Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Herc pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. East West Bancorp pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Herc pays out 62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. East West Bancorp has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Herc has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. East West Bancorp is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

East West Bancorp has a net margin of 26.06% compared to Herc's net margin of 3.53%. Herc's return on equity of 24.10% beat East West Bancorp's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
East West Bancorp26.06% 15.09% 1.56%
Herc 3.53%24.10%4.30%

East West Bancorp presently has a consensus price target of $114.15, suggesting a potential upside of 10.18%. Herc has a consensus price target of $139.20, suggesting a potential downside of 6.83%. Given East West Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe East West Bancorp is more favorable than Herc.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
East West Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62
Herc
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

East West Bancorp has higher revenue and earnings than Herc. East West Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Herc, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
East West Bancorp$4.53B3.15$1.17B$8.5612.10
Herc$3.57B1.19$211M$4.4933.27

In the previous week, East West Bancorp had 26 more articles in the media than Herc. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for East West Bancorp and 6 mentions for Herc. East West Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Herc's score of 0.70 indicating that East West Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
East West Bancorp
7 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Herc
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

89.5% of East West Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Herc shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of East West Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Herc shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

East West Bancorp beats Herc on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HRI vs. The Competition

MetricHercTRANS IndustryTransportation SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.20B$6.96B$7.36B$21.12B
Dividend Yield1.90%1.81%699.43%3.60%
P/E Ratio33.2715.8313.2728.44
Price / Sales1.196.81552.8060.36
Price / Cash3.556.497.9822.92
Price / Book3.042.022.204.69
Net Income$211M$360.72M$571.39M$995.51M
7 Day Performance9.19%2.68%1.74%1.64%
1 Month Performance17.66%7.50%5.69%5.92%
1 Year Performance-3.86%36.45%-0.48%11.50%

Herc Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HRI
Herc
1.5288 of 5 stars
$149.40
+1.4%
$139.20
-6.8%
+1.0%$4.20B$3.57B33.277,600Upcoming Earnings
EWBC
East West Bancorp
4.4537 of 5 stars
$108.00
+1.0%
$112.85
+4.5%
+22.6%$14.88B$4.53B12.893,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
DOV
Dover
4.8284 of 5 stars
$188.76
-0.1%
$208.58
+10.5%
+5.8%$25.88B$7.73B11.3724,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
ITT
ITT
4.5837 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+16.1%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.3045 of 5 stars
$712.31
-0.4%
$735.88
+3.3%
+38.0%$91.02B$19.93B27.4361,120Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.1549 of 5 stars
$110.33
+2.0%
$110.88
+0.5%
+31.2%$11.33B$5.00B21.109,000Upcoming Earnings
SNV
Synovus Financial
4.878 of 5 stars
$54.70
+0.3%
$59.35
+8.5%
+23.7%$7.60B$3.43B15.324,775Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TEX
Terex
4.2704 of 5 stars
$50.96
-2.2%
$51.44
+1.0%
-17.6%$3.38B$5.13B13.8911,400News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
TKR
Timken
4.1562 of 5 stars
$77.29
-1.0%
$79.00
+2.2%
+0.3%$5.41B$4.57B16.6619,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
URI
United Rentals
4.3343 of 5 stars
$809.74
-0.6%
$768.54
-5.1%
+22.1%$52.63B$15.35B20.9727,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
WCC
WESCO International
4.1978 of 5 stars
$198.38
-0.3%
$212.63
+7.2%
+28.7%$9.68B$21.82B15.0120,000Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:HRI) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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