WCC vs. WSO, AIT, BECN, AL, GATX, MSM, RUSHA, HEES, MRC, and BXC
Should you be buying WESCO International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WESCO International include Watsco (WSO), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), GATX (GATX), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), and BlueLinx (BXC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation and risk.
WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Watsco has a net margin of 7.03% compared to WESCO International's net margin of 3.08%. Watsco's return on equity of 19.26% beat WESCO International's return on equity.
WESCO International pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $10.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. WESCO International pays out 13.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 83.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
93.8% of WESCO International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of WESCO International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.9% of Watsco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
WESCO International has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Watsco had 2 more articles in the media than WESCO International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Watsco and 5 mentions for WESCO International. Watsco's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat WESCO International's score of 0.14 indicating that Watsco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WESCO International received 261 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.11% of users gave WESCO International an outperform vote while only 55.46% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
WESCO International presently has a consensus price target of $191.17, indicating a potential upside of 12.12%. Watsco has a consensus price target of $410.57, indicating a potential downside of 19.58%. Given WESCO International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe WESCO International is more favorable than Watsco.
Summary
WESCO International and Watsco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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