BlueLinx (BXC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, HEES or BXC?

H&E Equipment Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
H&E Equipment Services	$1.47B	1.29	$169.29M	$3.94	13.17
BlueLinx	$3.14B	0.29	$48.54M	$3.44	31.94

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HEES or BXC?

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

Do analysts rate HEES or BXC?

H&E Equipment Services currently has a consensus price target of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 18.02%. BlueLinx has a consensus price target of $135.67, suggesting a potential upside of 23.46%. Given BlueLinx's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BlueLinx is more favorable than H&E Equipment Services.

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

Does the media prefer HEES or BXC?

In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 10 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 12 mentions for BlueLinx. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.01 indicating that BlueLinx is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
H&E Equipment Services	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BlueLinx	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is HEES or BXC more profitable?

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
H&E Equipment Services	9.47%	25.46%	5.16%
BlueLinx	1.01%	10.44%	4.28%

Which has more volatility & risk, HEES or BXC?

H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlueLinx has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its share price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HEES or BXC?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
H&E Equipment Services	Outperform Votes 267 58.04%	Underperform Votes 193 41.96%
BlueLinx	Outperform Votes 199 56.37%	Underperform Votes 154 43.63%

Summary

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