HEES vs. AIT, WCC, BECN, GATX, AL, RUSHA, MSM, DXPE, WLFC, and MRC
Should you be buying H&E Equipment Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H&E Equipment Services include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), and MRC Global (MRC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
H&E Equipment Services vs.
H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) and Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.93, meaning that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H&E Equipment Services received 3 more outperform votes than Applied Industrial Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.33% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote while only 57.42% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.
In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 12 more articles in the media than Applied Industrial Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 11 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.50 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Applied Industrial Technologies' net margin of 8.62%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 25.46% beat Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity.
H&E Equipment Services pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. H&E Equipment Services pays out 27.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.6% 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. Applied Industrial Technologies has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years.
H&E Equipment Services currently has a consensus target price of $69.25, indicating a potential downside of 29.44%. Applied Industrial Technologies has a consensus target price of $291.43, indicating a potential upside of 18.60%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than H&E Equipment Services.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than H&E Equipment Services. Applied Industrial Technologies 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.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats H&E Equipment Services on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:HEES) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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