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BlueLinx (BXC) Competitors

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$121.30 +0.25 (+0.21%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

BXC vs. HEES, WLFC, MRC, DXPE, TITN, ACET, GWW, URI, FAST, and WSO

Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), W.W. Grainger (GWW), United Rentals (URI), Fastenal (FAST), and Watsco (WSO). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

BlueLinx vs.

BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

90.8% of BlueLinx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of BlueLinx shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BlueLinx has a beta of 1.94, indicating that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.

H&E Equipment Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlueLinx. H&E Equipment Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlueLinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BlueLinx$3.14B0.32$48.54M$3.4435.26
H&E Equipment Services$1.47B1.38$169.29M$3.9414.03

H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 9.47% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.01%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 25.46% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BlueLinx1.01% 10.44% 4.28%
H&E Equipment Services 9.47%25.46%5.16%

H&E Equipment Services received 68 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.04% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote while only 56.37% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BlueLinxOutperform Votes
199
56.37%
Underperform Votes
154
43.63%
H&E Equipment ServicesOutperform Votes
267
58.04%
Underperform Votes
193
41.96%

In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 1 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 4 mentions for BlueLinx. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.77 indicating that BlueLinx is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BlueLinx
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
H&E Equipment Services
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BlueLinx presently has a consensus price target of $135.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.84%. H&E Equipment Services has a consensus price target of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 10.82%. Given BlueLinx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than H&E Equipment Services.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BlueLinx
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
H&E Equipment Services
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

H&E Equipment Services beats BlueLinx on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BXC vs. The Competition

MetricBlueLinxLumber, plywood, & millwork IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.02B$1.02B$9.78B$19.84B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A1.82%3.50%
P/E Ratio35.2635.2627.6437.73
Price / Sales0.320.323.3818.01
Price / Cash8.808.8017.9317.90
Price / Book1.681.685.074.86
Net Income$48.54M$48.54M$519.29M$985.93M
7 Day Performance0.08%0.08%0.23%0.45%
1 Month Performance17.80%17.80%0.89%1.05%
1 Year Performance40.57%40.57%35.94%24.67%

BlueLinx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BXC
BlueLinx
2.5231 of 5 stars
$121.30
+0.2%
$135.67
+11.8%
+36.7%$1.02B$3.14B35.262,000Short Interest ↓
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.5106 of 5 stars
$55.27
-1.2%
$61.25
+10.8%
+20.3%$2.05B$1.47B14.032,765Dividend Announcement
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
2.2386 of 5 stars
$193.24
+1.1%
N/A+307.9%$1.26B$418.55M13.70240News Coverage
MRC
MRC Global
3.6719 of 5 stars
$13.76
+3.4%
$16.33
+18.7%
+26.0%$1.13B$3.41B15.822,800
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
3.2706 of 5 stars
$68.11
-0.5%
$75.00
+10.1%
+117.0%$1.07B$1.74B17.551,723
TITN
Titan Machinery
2.7839 of 5 stars
$14.05
+0.4%
$21.00
+49.5%
-48.5%$323.79M$2.76B5.423,604
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.5176 of 5 stars
$0.97
-5.8%
$7.50
+675.5%
-17.3%$84.87M$24.99M0.0090Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.521 of 5 stars
$1,178.45
+0.5%
$1,109.00
-5.9%
+45.7%$57.08B$16.48B31.9426,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.6473 of 5 stars
$820.25
-0.1%
$751.67
-8.4%
+73.9%$53.89B$14.33B21.4226,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.6093 of 5 stars
$81.82
+0.3%
$74.80
-8.6%
+34.3%$46.74B$7.35B40.7123,201Positive News
WSO
Watsco
3.7361 of 5 stars
$533.40
+0.0%
$491.25
-7.9%
+36.7%$21.53B$7.28B41.227,425Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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