Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) Competitors

Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, BURL or RUSHB?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BURL or RUSHB?

18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BURL or RUSHB?

Rush Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Burlington Stores. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, 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
Burlington Stores	$10.63B	1.46	$339.65M	$7.79	31.44
Rush Enterprises	$7.80B	0.59	$347.05M	$3.73	15.53

Does the media favor BURL or RUSHB?

In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 23 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Burlington Stores and 2 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Burlington Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.31 indicating that Burlington Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burlington Stores	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rush Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer BURL or RUSHB?

Burlington Stores presently has a consensus target price of $323.20, suggesting a potential upside of 31.98%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Burlington Stores is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burlington Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BURL or RUSHB?

Burlington Stores received 698 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.63% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 65.87% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burlington Stores	Outperform Votes 808 71.63%	Underperform Votes 320 28.37%
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%

Is BURL or RUSHB more profitable?

Burlington Stores has a net margin of 4.49% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.90%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 47.52% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burlington Stores	4.49%	47.52%	6.37%
Rush Enterprises	3.90%	14.76%	6.61%

Summary

Burlington Stores beats Rush Enterprises on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.