Titan Machinery (TITN) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to DXPE or TITN?

In the previous week, Titan Machinery had 8 more articles in the media than DXP Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Titan Machinery and 17 mentions for DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Titan Machinery's score of 0.38 indicating that DXP Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DXP Enterprises	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Titan Machinery	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, DXPE or TITN?

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DXPE or TITN?

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.4% of Titan Machinery shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Titan Machinery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	0.72	$68.81M	$4.23	19.61
Titan Machinery	$2.70B	0.15	$112.44M	-$1.64	-11.02

Do analysts rate DXPE or TITN?

DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $95.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Titan Machinery has a consensus price target of $19.80, suggesting a potential upside of 9.57%. Given DXP Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe DXP Enterprises is more favorable than Titan Machinery.

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)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DXPE or TITN?

Titan Machinery received 13 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 55.07% of users gave Titan Machinery an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DXP Enterprises	Outperform Votes 264 61.40%	Underperform Votes 166 38.60%
Titan Machinery	Outperform Votes 277 55.07%	Underperform Votes 226 44.93%

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%

Summary

DXP Enterprises beats Titan Machinery on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.