MRC vs. DNOW, ENS, XYL, RUSHA, DXPE, WLFC, BXC, TITN, ACET, and URI
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), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), and United Rentals (URI).
MRC Global vs. Its Competitors
DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) and MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
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.
DNOW has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
97.6% of DNOW shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of DNOW shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
DNOW has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, DNOW had 1 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for DNOW and 2 mentions for MRC Global. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat MRC Global's score of 0.54 indicating that DNOW is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DNOW currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.57%. MRC Global has a consensus target price of $16.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.12%. Given DNOW's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DNOW is more favorable than MRC Global.
Summary
DNOW beats MRC Global on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MRC) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff