RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

Crane (NYSE:CR) and RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CR or ROLL?

75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Crane shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CR or ROLL?

In the previous week, Crane had 23 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Crane and 0 mentions for RBC Bearings. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat RBC Bearings' score of 0.00 indicating that Crane is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crane	Neutral
RBC Bearings	Neutral

Do analysts rate CR or ROLL?

Crane currently has a consensus target price of $174.80, indicating a potential upside of 5.79%. Given Crane's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Crane is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is CR or ROLL more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to RBC Bearings' net margin of 0.00%. Crane's return on equity of 24.45% beat RBC Bearings' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, CR or ROLL?

Crane has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, CR or ROLL?

Crane has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Crane is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, 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
Crane	$2.13B	4.44	$401.10M	$5.06	32.65
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	9.06	$59.60M	$2.06	173.35

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CR or ROLL?

Crane received 436 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.48% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane	Outperform Votes 436 59.48%	Underperform Votes 297 40.52%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 111 100.00%

Summary

Crane beats RBC Bearings on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.