RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, CR or ROLL?

Crane has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CR or ROLL?

Crane currently has a consensus price target of $167.00, suggesting a potential upside of 9.29%. Given Crane's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CR or ROLL?

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
Crane	Outperform Votes 433 59.64%	Underperform Votes 293 40.36%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 104 100.00%

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	$2.28B	3.84	$401.10M	$4.54	33.66
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	7.87	$59.60M	$2.06	150.58

Does the media prefer CR or ROLL?

In the previous week, Crane had 15 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Crane and 3 mentions for RBC Bearings. RBC Bearings' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Crane's score of 0.22 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Crane beats RBC Bearings on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.