MRC Global (MRC) Competitors

MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer MRC or RUSHA?

MRC Global presently has a consensus price target of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 30.77%. Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.09%. Given Rush Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than MRC Global.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MRC Global	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MRC or RUSHA?

95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.9% of MRC Global shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer MRC or RUSHA?

In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 5 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 6 mentions for MRC Global. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat MRC Global's score of 1.00 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MRC Global	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rush Enterprises	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MRC or RUSHA?

MRC Global received 88 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 59.86% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MRC Global	Outperform Votes 419 69.26%	Underperform Votes 186 30.74%
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 331 59.86%	Underperform Votes 222 40.14%

Which has more risk & volatility, MRC or RUSHA?

MRC Global has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, MRC or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than MRC Global. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MRC Global, 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
MRC Global	$3.01B	0.34	$114M	$0.30	39.08
Rush Enterprises	$7.80B	0.51	$347.05M	$3.58	14.16

Is MRC or RUSHA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MRC Global	3.09%	19.58%	5.50%
Rush Enterprises	3.90%	14.76%	6.61%

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats MRC Global on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.