DXP Enterprises (DXPE) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, DXPE or GATX?

GATX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GATX, 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	$1.80B	0.72	$68.81M	$4.23	19.61
GATX	$1.59B	3.59	$284.20M	$7.77	20.52

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

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of GATX shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DXPE or GATX?

GATX received 64 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 58.57% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXP Enterprises	Outperform Votes 264 61.40%	Underperform Votes 166 38.60%
GATX	Outperform Votes 328 58.57%	Underperform Votes 232 41.43%

Which has more risk & volatility, DXPE or GATX?

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media favor DXPE or GATX?

In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 9 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 8 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 0.82 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GATX	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer DXPE or GATX?

DXP Enterprises currently has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. GATX has a consensus target price of $161.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.97%. Given DXP Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe DXP Enterprises is more favorable than GATX.

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
GATX	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is DXPE or GATX more profitable?

GATX has a net margin of 17.92% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 3.75%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat GATX's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises	3.75%	18.74%	6.05%
GATX	17.92%	12.07%	2.38%

Summary

DXP Enterprises beats GATX on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.