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H&E Equipment Services (HEES) Competitors

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$48.79 -0.58 (-1.17%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

HEES vs. BECN, GATX, AL, RUSHA, MSM, WLFC, DXPE, MRC, BXC, and TITN

Should you be buying H&E Equipment Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&E Equipment Services include Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), BlueLinx (BXC), and Titan Machinery (TITN). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

H&E Equipment Services vs.

H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) and Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) 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.

H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Beacon Roofing Supply's net margin of 3.86%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 25.46% beat Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H&E Equipment Services9.47% 25.46% 5.16%
Beacon Roofing Supply 3.86%25.32%6.67%

In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services and H&E Equipment Services both had 7 articles in the media. Beacon Roofing Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 1.17 indicating that Beacon Roofing Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
H&E Equipment Services
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Beacon Roofing Supply
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Beacon Roofing Supply received 176 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.02% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
H&E Equipment ServicesOutperform Votes
267
58.04%
Underperform Votes
193
41.96%
Beacon Roofing SupplyOutperform Votes
443
61.02%
Underperform Votes
283
38.98%

Beacon Roofing Supply has higher revenue and earnings than H&E Equipment Services. H&E Equipment Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beacon Roofing Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H&E Equipment Services$1.52B1.18$169.29M$3.9412.38
Beacon Roofing Supply$9.66B0.65$435M$5.8517.36

H&E Equipment Services currently has a consensus target price of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.54%. Beacon Roofing Supply has a consensus target price of $117.88, suggesting a potential upside of 16.06%. Given H&E Equipment Services' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe H&E Equipment Services is more favorable than Beacon Roofing Supply.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
H&E Equipment Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Beacon Roofing Supply
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Beacon Roofing Supply beats H&E Equipment Services on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HEES vs. The Competition

MetricH&E Equipment Servicesequipment rental & leasing IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.79B$5.40B$9.22B$9.07B
Dividend Yield2.00%1.43%2.08%4.22%
P/E Ratio12.38111.0021.0817.19
Price / Sales1.182.884.86116.80
Price / Cash3.6212.8919.2637.86
Price / Book3.3317.964.244.78
Net Income$169.29M$240.80M$398.18M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-12.70%-2.01%-4.64%-1.24%
1 Month Performance-13.92%-19.37%-1.86%3.06%
1 Year Performance-5.87%54.61%15.47%16.50%

H&E Equipment Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.9021 of 5 stars
$48.79
-1.2%
$61.25
+25.5%
-5.2%$1.79B$1.52B12.382,765News Coverage
Positive News
BECN
Beacon Roofing Supply
4.7298 of 5 stars
$105.41
-0.9%
$118.00
+11.9%
+17.5%$6.52B$9.66B18.188,063Positive News
GATX
GATX
1.9214 of 5 stars
$161.43
+0.1%
$151.80
-6.0%
+32.0%$5.73B$1.54B21.572,020Positive News
AL
Air Lease
4.8478 of 5 stars
$49.35
-0.1%
$57.60
+16.7%
+19.8%$5.50B$2.74B11.26150Positive News
RUSHA
Rush Enterprises
4.7543 of 5 stars
$60.04
+0.2%
$69.00
+14.9%
+16.5%$4.74B$7.93B15.907,860Positive News
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
3.8134 of 5 stars
$81.81
-1.8%
$85.20
+4.1%
-24.4%$4.57B$3.82B18.197,423Dividend Announcement
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
3.588 of 5 stars
$217.08
+3.4%
N/A+331.7%$1.43B$530.71M14.88240News Coverage
Positive News
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
1.9973 of 5 stars
$80.13
+0.7%
$75.00
-6.4%
+133.6%$1.26B$1.74B20.821,723Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
MRC
MRC Global
3.9184 of 5 stars
$13.28
+0.5%
$16.33
+23.0%
+16.3%$1.13B$3.20B15.202,800Insider Trade
Positive News
BXC
BlueLinx
2.0412 of 5 stars
$118.19
-0.5%
$135.67
+14.8%
-3.8%$990.55M$2.95B34.532,000Positive News
TITN
Titan Machinery
3.8587 of 5 stars
$14.88
+0.7%
$21.00
+41.1%
-53.8%$344.17M$2.76B11.023,604Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:HEES) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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