DXP Enterprises (DXPE) Competitors

DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DXPE or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than DXP Enterprises. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
DXP Enterprises	$1.74B	0.72	$68.81M	$3.88	20.49
Rush Enterprises	$7.82B	0.55	$347.05M	$3.77	14.43

Which has more risk & volatility, DXPE or RUSHA?

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to DXPE or RUSHA?

In the previous week, DXP Enterprises and DXP Enterprises both had 2 articles in the media. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 0.92 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rush Enterprises	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DXPE or RUSHA?

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend DXPE or RUSHA?

DXP Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $75.00, indicating a potential downside of 5.68%. Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.86%. Given Rush Enterprises' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DXP Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is DXPE or RUSHA more profitable?

Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 3.93% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 3.75%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises	3.75%	18.74%	6.05%
Rush Enterprises	3.93%	15.43%	6.78%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DXPE or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises received 68 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXP Enterprises	Outperform Votes 262 61.36%	Underperform Votes 165 38.64%
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 330 59.78%	Underperform Votes 222 40.22%

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats DXP Enterprises on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.