MRC vs. RUSHA, HEES, DXPE, WLFC, BXC, TITN, ACET, GWW, FAST, and URI
Should you be buying MRC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MRC Global include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Fastenal (FAST), and United Rentals (URI). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
MRC Global vs. Its Competitors
MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than MRC Global. MRC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MRC Global presently has a consensus price target of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.61%. Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $61.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.98%. Given Rush Enterprises' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than MRC Global.
In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 1 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 3 mentions for MRC Global. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat MRC Global's score of 1.03 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
MRC Global has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MRC Global received 90 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.29% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.
95.0% of MRC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of MRC Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 3.90% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 3.09%. MRC Global's return on equity of 19.58% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.
Summary
Rush Enterprises beats MRC Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MRC) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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