DXPE vs. GATX, AL, RUSHA, MSM, HEES, WLFC, MRC, BXC, TITN, and ACET
Should you be buying DXP Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DXP Enterprises include GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), Titan Machinery (TITN), and Adicet Bio (ACET). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
DXP Enterprises vs.
DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
GATX received 66 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.36% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 58.57% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.
DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GATX has a net margin of 17.76% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 3.75%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat GATX's return on equity.
GATX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXP Enterprises. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
DXP Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 29.93%. GATX has a consensus price target of $151.80, suggesting a potential downside of 5.94%. Given GATX's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GATX is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, GATX had 11 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for GATX and 5 mentions for DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat GATX's score of 0.60 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
DXP Enterprises and GATX tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:DXPE) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
