HEES vs. GATX, AL, MSM, RUSHA, DXPE, WLFC, MRC, BXC, TITN, and ACET
Should you be buying H&E Equipment Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&E Equipment Services include GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), 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.
H&E Equipment Services vs.
H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
GATX has a net margin of 17.76% compared to H&E Equipment Services' net margin of 9.47%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 25.46% beat GATX's return on equity.
H&E Equipment Services pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. H&E Equipment Services pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GATX pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. GATX has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. GATX is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 26 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 4 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.46 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GATX has lower revenue, but higher earnings than H&E Equipment Services. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H&E Equipment Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GATX received 61 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.57% of users gave GATX an outperform vote while only 57.92% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.
84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
H&E Equipment Services presently has a consensus target price of $69.25, indicating a potential downside of 21.41%. GATX has a consensus target price of $151.80, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. Given GATX's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GATX is more favorable than H&E Equipment Services.
Summary
GATX beats H&E Equipment Services on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HEES) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff