McGrath RentCorp (MGRC) Competitors

McGrath RentCorp (NASDAQ:MGRC) and Aircastle (NYSE:AYR) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Is MGRC or AYR a better dividend stock?

McGrath RentCorp pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Aircastle pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. McGrath RentCorp pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aircastle pays out 62.1% 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. McGrath RentCorp has increased its dividend for 32 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer MGRC or AYR?

McGrath RentCorp presently has a consensus price target of $124.00, suggesting a potential upside of 6.16%. Given McGrath RentCorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe McGrath RentCorp is more favorable than Aircastle.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
McGrath RentCorp	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Aircastle	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer MGRC or AYR?

Aircastle received 100 more outperform votes than McGrath RentCorp when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.74% of users gave Aircastle an outperform vote while only 57.89% of users gave McGrath RentCorp an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
McGrath RentCorp	Outperform Votes 253 57.89%	Underperform Votes 184 42.11%
Aircastle	Outperform Votes 353 58.74%	Underperform Votes 248 41.26%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MGRC or AYR?

92.1% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.3% of Aircastle shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of McGrath RentCorp shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Aircastle shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, MGRC or AYR?

McGrath RentCorp has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aircastle has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer MGRC or AYR?

In the previous week, McGrath RentCorp had 3 more articles in the media than Aircastle. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for McGrath RentCorp and 0 mentions for Aircastle. McGrath RentCorp's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Aircastle's score of 0.00 indicating that McGrath RentCorp is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
McGrath RentCorp	Positive
Aircastle	Neutral

Is MGRC or AYR more profitable?

McGrath RentCorp has a net margin of 25.29% compared to Aircastle's net margin of 17.06%. McGrath RentCorp's return on equity of 13.64% beat Aircastle's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
McGrath RentCorp	25.29%	13.64%	5.89%
Aircastle	17.06%	7.71%	1.89%

Which has better earnings & valuation, MGRC or AYR?

McGrath RentCorp has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aircastle. McGrath RentCorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aircastle, 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
McGrath RentCorp	$831.84M	3.45	$174.62M	$9.15	12.77
Aircastle	$917.94M	2.62	$156.57M	$2.06	15.54

Summary

McGrath RentCorp beats Aircastle on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.