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BlueLinx (BXC) Competitors

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$106.77 +0.56 (+0.53%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

BXC vs. HEES, WLFC, DXPE, MRC, 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), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), MRC Global (MRC), 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 small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.

BlueLinx currently has a consensus price target of $135.67, indicating a potential upside of 27.06%. H&E Equipment Services has a consensus price target of $61.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. Given BlueLinx's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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

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

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$2.95B0.30$48.54M$3.4431.04
H&E Equipment Services$1.52B1.18$169.29M$3.9412.38

In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 7 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 0 mentions for BlueLinx. H&E Equipment Services' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat BlueLinx's score of 0.00 indicating that H&E Equipment Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
BlueLinx Neutral
H&E Equipment Services Positive

BlueLinx has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

H&E Equipment Services beats BlueLinx on 12 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$894.84M$894.84M$8.74B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A1.87%3.59%
P/E Ratio31.0431.0427.6541.28
Price / Sales0.300.302.2717.59
Price / Cash9.089.0822.2221.28
Price / Book1.481.486.185.32
Net Income$48.54M$48.54M$516.58M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-10.12%-10.12%-4.51%-3.56%
1 Month Performance-13.50%-13.50%-4.97%-3.70%
1 Year Performance-5.66%-5.66%36.20%12.12%

BlueLinx Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BXC
BlueLinx
2.0412 of 5 stars
$106.77
+0.5%
$135.67
+27.1%
-3.8%$894.84M$2.95B31.042,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.9021 of 5 stars
$54.94
-1.7%
$61.25
+11.5%
-5.2%$2.01B$1.52B14.072,765News Coverage
Positive News
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
3.588 of 5 stars
$217.07
+3.4%
N/A+331.7%$1.43B$530.71M14.88240News Coverage
Positive News
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
1.9973 of 5 stars
$79.63
+0.0%
$75.00
-5.8%
+133.6%$1.25B$1.74B20.821,723Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
MRC
MRC Global
3.9184 of 5 stars
$13.29
+0.5%
$16.33
+22.9%
+16.3%$1.13B$3.20B15.202,800Insider Trade
Positive News
TITN
Titan Machinery
3.8587 of 5 stars
$15.01
+1.6%
$21.00
+39.9%
-53.8%$347.12M$2.79B11.283,604Positive News
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.9372 of 5 stars
$0.96
-0.2%
$7.50
+678.7%
-37.7%$79.36M$24.99M-0.5490Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
GWW
W.W. Grainger
3.9943 of 5 stars
$1,138.01
-0.4%
$1,109.00
-2.5%
+33.9%$55.42B$16.93B30.9226,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.3656 of 5 stars
$766.44
-1.6%
$770.00
+0.5%
+29.4%$50.29B$14.33B20.3426,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.4084 of 5 stars
$77.94
-0.7%
$77.40
-0.7%
+15.7%$44.65B$7.35B39.0423,201
WSO
Watsco
3.5916 of 5 stars
$509.44
-0.1%
$488.33
-4.1%
+16.0%$20.57B$7.47B39.477,425Insider Trade
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BXC) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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