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WCC vs. AIT, EQH, EVR, HRI, ITT, NVT, PH, TEX, TKR, and URI

Should you be buying WESCO International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WESCO International include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Equitable (EQH), Evercore (EVR), Herc (HRI), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Terex (TEX), Timken (TKR), and United Rentals (URI).

WESCO International vs. Its Competitors

WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both large-cap trading companies & distributors companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.

93.8% of WESCO International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of WESCO International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 6 more articles in the media than WESCO International. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 17 mentions for WESCO International. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat WESCO International's score of 0.51 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
WESCO International
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Applied Industrial Technologies
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

WESCO International currently has a consensus price target of $232.67, indicating a potential upside of 5.95%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus price target of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than WESCO International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
WESCO International
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Applied Industrial Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
WESCO International$21.82B0.49$717.60M$12.7717.20
Applied Industrial Technologies$4.56B2.19$392.99M$10.1226.20

WESCO International pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. WESCO International pays out 14.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.2% 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. WESCO International has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. WESCO International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

WESCO International has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.61% compared to WESCO International's net margin of 2.98%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 21.78% beat WESCO International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
WESCO International2.98% 12.96% 4.13%
Applied Industrial Technologies 8.61%21.78%12.74%

Summary

WESCO International beats Applied Industrial Technologies on 10 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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WCC vs. The Competition

MetricWESCO InternationalELEC PARTS DIST IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.63B$5.44B$30.56B$21.40B
Dividend Yield0.83%1.92%3.17%3.50%
P/E Ratio17.2012.83439.0129.64
Price / Sales0.490.401,949.1150.11
Price / Cash12.1812.7536.3424.54
Price / Book2.161.197.034.55
Net Income$717.60M$254.79M$808.51M$999.70M
7 Day Performance-0.22%-2.86%142.09%0.55%
1 Month Performance6.04%6.34%145.89%5.67%
1 Year Performance44.46%2.93%24,138.29%15.62%

WESCO International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCC
WESCO International
4.1445 of 5 stars
$219.61
+0.6%
$232.67
+5.9%
+41.9%$10.63B$21.82B17.2020,000Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AIT
Applied Industrial Technologies
4.7205 of 5 stars
$264.09
-1.1%
$284.29
+7.6%
+34.9%$10.08B$4.56B26.396,800Trending News
Analyst Revision
EQH
Equitable
4.4102 of 5 stars
$52.88
-1.3%
$64.90
+22.7%
+31.6%$16.05B$12.44B9.158,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
EVR
Evercore
4.6943 of 5 stars
$318.66
-0.4%
$284.29
-10.8%
+34.4%$12.35B$2.98B28.162,380
HRI
Herc
2.9796 of 5 stars
$132.07
+1.8%
$144.60
+9.5%
-6.1%$4.31B$3.57B11.697,600Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.4939 of 5 stars
$169.63
-0.7%
$179.22
+5.7%
+29.4%$13.33B$3.63B28.2511,700Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
NVT
nVent Electric
4.0353 of 5 stars
$89.41
-0.7%
$87.00
-2.7%
+46.2%$14.50B$3.01B30.4312,100Positive News
Short Interest ↓
PH
Parker-Hannifin
4.5389 of 5 stars
$749.89
-0.3%
$768.71
+2.5%
+31.1%$96.13B$19.85B27.5061,120Positive News
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Downgrade
TEX
Terex
4.2334 of 5 stars
$51.11
-0.9%
$52.22
+2.2%
-0.5%$3.38B$5.13B11.3411,400
TKR
Timken
4.4826 of 5 stars
$79.39
+0.5%
$79.80
+0.5%
-2.3%$5.50B$4.57B15.1619,000Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.151 of 5 stars
$940.59
+1.1%
$834.64
-11.3%
+37.9%$59.83B$15.35B21.7727,900Positive News

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