BXC vs. DXPE, WLFC, MRC, TITN, ACET, GWW, FAST, URI, WSO, and AIT
Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), MRC Global (MRC), Titan Machinery (TITN), Adicet Bio (ACET), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Fastenal (FAST), United Rentals (URI), Watsco (WSO), and Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
BlueLinx vs.
BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
BlueLinx presently has a consensus target price of $123.50, indicating a potential upside of 51.81%. DXP Enterprises has a consensus target price of $95.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.47%. Given BlueLinx's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
DXP Enterprises received 62 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.40% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote while only 56.58% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.
DXP Enterprises has a net margin of 3.75% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.80%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 18.74% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.
In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 8 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 2 mentions for BlueLinx. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 1.78 beat DXP Enterprises' score of 1.08 indicating that BlueLinx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DXP Enterprises has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlueLinx. BlueLinx is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DXP Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.8% of BlueLinx shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of BlueLinx shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.4% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
BlueLinx has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats BlueLinx on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
