Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BURL or RUSHB?

Burlington Stores received 682 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.22% 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 792 71.22%	Underperform Votes 320 28.78%
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BURL or RUSHB?

Burlington Stores currently has a consensus price target of $297.56, suggesting a potential upside of 10.38%. Given Burlington Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is BURL or RUSHB more profitable?

Burlington Stores has a net margin of 4.18% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.93%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 47.43% beat Rush Enterprises' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burlington Stores	4.18%	47.43%	6.10%
Rush Enterprises	3.93%	15.43%	6.78%

Which has higher valuation & 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	$9.73B	1.76	$339.65M	$6.65	40.54
Rush Enterprises	$7.93B	0.54	$347.05M	$3.77	14.50

Which has more risk & volatility, BURL or RUSHB?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer BURL or RUSHB?

In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 20 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Burlington Stores and 1 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Burlington Stores' score of 0.67 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Burlington Stores	Positive
Rush Enterprises	Very Positive

Summary

Burlington Stores beats Rush Enterprises on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.