Titan Machinery (TITN) Competitors

DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) and Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) are both small-cap industrials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk & volatility, DXPE or TITN?

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DXPE or TITN?

DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Titan Machinery has a consensus target price of $19.80, suggesting a potential upside of 22.91%. Given Titan Machinery's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Titan Machinery is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DXP Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Titan Machinery	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor DXPE or TITN?

In the previous week, Titan Machinery had 3 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Titan Machinery and 8 mentions for DXP Enterprises. Titan Machinery's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 1.06 indicating that Titan Machinery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Titan Machinery	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DXPE or TITN?

Titan Machinery has higher revenue and earnings than DXP Enterprises. Titan Machinery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, 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
DXP Enterprises	$1.80B	0.70	$68.81M	$4.23	18.99
Titan Machinery	$2.70B	0.14	$112.44M	-$1.64	-9.82

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DXPE or TITN?

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is DXPE or TITN more profitable?

DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 3.75% compared to Titan Machinery's net margin of 1.10%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat Titan Machinery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises	3.75%	18.74%	6.05%
Titan Machinery	1.10%	5.91%	1.86%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DXPE or TITN?

Titan Machinery received 14 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.34% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 55.25% of users gave Titan Machinery an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXP Enterprises	Outperform Votes 265 61.34%	Underperform Votes 167 38.66%
Titan Machinery	Outperform Votes 279 55.25%	Underperform Votes 226 44.75%

Summary

DXP Enterprises and Titan Machinery tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.