GIC vs. MSM, MRC, DXPE, ALTG, VMI, SLGN, VRRM, FELE, WIRE, and ENS
Should you be buying Global Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Industrial include MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Valmont Industries (VMI), Silgan (SLGN), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Franklin Electric (FELE), Encore Wire (WIRE), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) and MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
MSC Industrial Direct has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. MSC Industrial Direct is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
31.2% of Global Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned 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.
MSC Industrial Direct received 395 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.15% of users gave MSC Industrial Direct an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.
MSC Industrial Direct has a net margin of 7.89% compared to Global Industrial's net margin of 5.34%. Global Industrial's return on equity of 28.39% beat MSC Industrial Direct's return on equity.
In the previous week, MSC Industrial Direct had 10 more articles in the media than Global Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for MSC Industrial Direct and 2 mentions for Global Industrial. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat MSC Industrial Direct's score of -0.11 indicating that Global Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Global Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. MSC Industrial Direct pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Global Industrial pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MSC Industrial Direct pays out 59.6% 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.
Global Industrial has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSC Industrial Direct has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MSC Industrial Direct has a consensus target price of $104.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.40%. Given MSC Industrial Direct's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MSC Industrial Direct is more favorable than Global Industrial.
Summary
MSC Industrial Direct beats Global Industrial on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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