RUSHA vs. AIT, WCC, BECN, GATX, AL, MSM, HEES, DXPE, WLFC, and MRC
Should you be buying Rush Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rush Enterprises include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), WESCO International (WCC), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), GATX (GATX), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), H&E Equipment Services (HEES), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), and MRC Global (MRC). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
Rush Enterprises vs.
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.62% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.90%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.37% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.
Rush Enterprises received 66 more outperform votes than Applied Industrial Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave Applied Industrial Technologies an outperform vote.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus price target of $284.29, indicating a potential upside of 26.03%. Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $69.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.80%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than Applied Industrial Technologies.
Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rush Enterprises pays out 19.3% 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.
Applied Industrial Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 15 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 5 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Applied Industrial Technologies' score of 1.51 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Applied Industrial Technologies beats Rush Enterprises on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:RUSHA) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
