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MRC vs. DNOW, ENS, XYL, MSM, RUSHA, DXPE, WLFC, BXC, TITN, and ACET

Should you be buying MRC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MRC Global include DNOW (DNOW), Enersys (ENS), Xylem (XYL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), and Adicet Bio (ACET).

MRC Global vs. Its Competitors

MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) and DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

95.0% of MRC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. 2.0% of MRC Global shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of DNOW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, DNOW had 1 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for DNOW and 5 mentions for MRC Global. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat MRC Global's score of 1.44 indicating that DNOW 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
DNOW
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

DNOW has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MRC Global. MRC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DNOW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MRC Global$3.01B0.43$55M-$0.24-62.94
DNOW$2.40B0.71$81M$0.7621.01

MRC Global presently has a consensus price target of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.93%. DNOW has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 12.75%. Given DNOW's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DNOW is more favorable than MRC Global.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MRC Global
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
DNOW
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

MRC Global has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNOW has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

DNOW has a net margin of 3.45% compared to MRC Global's net margin of -0.10%. MRC Global's return on equity of 11.81% beat DNOW's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MRC Global-0.10% 11.81% 3.67%
DNOW 3.45%8.97%6.26%

Summary

DNOW beats MRC Global on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MRC vs. The Competition

MetricMRC GlobalSTEEL IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.28B$4.92B$7.62B$21.27B
Dividend YieldN/A3.45%4.55%3.49%
P/E Ratio-62.7119.28308.1529.34
Price / Sales0.431.76214.2463.40
Price / Cash10.2015.0827.7618.29
Price / Book2.403.434.115.29
Net Income$55M$371.23M$798.53M$998.51M
7 Day Performance-1.62%-0.01%-0.27%-0.18%
1 Month Performance8.16%7.80%1.19%5.43%
1 Year Performance20.74%39.51%28.95%14.56%

MRC Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRC
MRC Global
1.6766 of 5 stars
$15.11
+3.0%
$16.00
+5.9%
+16.2%$1.28B$3.01B-62.712,600Positive News
DNOW
DNOW
3.5662 of 5 stars
$15.66
-1.0%
$18.00
+15.0%
+24.8%$1.69B$2.37B20.602,575Positive News
ENS
Enersys
3.8133 of 5 stars
$101.42
-0.6%
$118.33
+16.7%
+2.4%$3.82B$3.62B11.5810,858Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.3667 of 5 stars
$142.76
-0.7%
$151.57
+6.2%
+6.7%$34.99B$8.56B37.0823,000Positive News
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
3.4104 of 5 stars
$90.72
-0.1%
$90.33
-0.4%
+11.9%$5.06B$3.82B25.637,423Positive News
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.2828 of 5 stars
$58.18
-1.2%
$61.00
+4.8%
+14.2%$4.58B$7.80B16.587,388Positive News
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
2.6991 of 5 stars
$123.63
-1.0%
$95.00
-23.2%
+124.3%$1.96B$1.80B23.591,843Positive News
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
3.5055 of 5 stars
$153.06
-0.7%
N/A+40.9%$1.05B$569.22M9.10240Positive News
BXC
BlueLinx
1.1278 of 5 stars
$84.38
+0.1%
$91.00
+7.8%
-14.6%$665.25M$2.95B25.042,000
TITN
Titan Machinery
2.6461 of 5 stars
$20.42
-0.8%
$22.25
+9.0%
+46.2%$475.08M$2.70B-7.763,648Earnings Report
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.0645 of 5 stars
$0.71
-2.2%
$6.00
+743.9%
-51.0%$60.53M$24.99M-0.5490News Coverage

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