MRC vs. DXPE, GIC, SCSC, CDRE, TRS, CMCO, LNN, HY, HOLI, and APOG
Should you be buying MRC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MRC Global include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Global Industrial (GIC), ScanSource (SCSC), Cadre (CDRE), TriMas (TRS), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Lindsay (LNN), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), and Apogee Enterprises (APOG). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and risk.
MRC Global received 143 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 61.41% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MRC Global had 5 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for MRC Global and 4 mentions for DXP Enterprises. MRC Global's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 0.08 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MRC Global has higher revenue and earnings than DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MRC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.1% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of MRC Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $55.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.05%. MRC Global has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.96%. Given DXP Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MRC Global is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 3.75% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 2.97%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 23.60% beat MRC Global's return on equity.
DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
MRC Global beats DXP Enterprises on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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