RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ROLL or CR?

75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Crane shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media favor ROLL or CR?

In the previous week, Crane had 25 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Crane and 4 mentions for RBC Bearings. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat RBC Bearings' score of 0.00 indicating that Crane is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Crane	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ROLL or CR?

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
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	8.23	$59.60M	$2.06	157.50
Crane	$2.28B	4.50	$401.10M	$4.54	39.46

Do analysts recommend ROLL or CR?

Crane has a consensus price target of $167.00, suggesting a potential downside of 6.78%. Given Crane's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Crane is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

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

Which has more volatility & risk, ROLL or CR?

RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crane has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROLL or CR?

Crane received 433 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.64% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 100 100.00%
Crane	Outperform Votes 433 59.64%	Underperform Votes 293 40.36%

Is ROLL or CR 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
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%

Summary

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