GWW vs. URI, FAST, WSO, WCC, AIT, BECN, AL, MSM, GATX, and RUSHA
Should you be buying W.W. Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of W.W. Grainger include United Rentals (URI), Fastenal (FAST), Watsco (WSO), WESCO International (WCC), Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Air Lease (AL), MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), GATX (GATX), and Rush Enterprises (RUSHA). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.
United Rentals (NYSE:URI) and W.W. Grainger (NYSE:GWW) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
96.3% of United Rentals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.7% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of United Rentals shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of W.W. Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Rentals received 201 more outperform votes than W.W. Grainger when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.53% of users gave United Rentals an outperform vote while only 54.19% of users gave W.W. Grainger an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United Rentals and United Rentals both had 7 articles in the media. United Rentals' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat W.W. Grainger's score of 1.49 indicating that W.W. Grainger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Rentals currently has a consensus target price of $600.79, suggesting a potential downside of 9.76%. W.W. Grainger has a consensus target price of $938.89, suggesting a potential downside of 0.02%. Given United Rentals' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W.W. Grainger is more favorable than United Rentals.
United Rentals has higher earnings, but lower revenue than W.W. Grainger. United Rentals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than W.W. Grainger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Rentals has a net margin of 17.31% compared to United Rentals' net margin of 10.94%. United Rentals' return on equity of 54.31% beat W.W. Grainger's return on equity.
United Rentals has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W.W. Grainger has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
United Rentals pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. W.W. Grainger pays an annual dividend of $8.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. United Rentals pays out 17.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W.W. Grainger pays out 22.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. United Rentals has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and W.W. Grainger has raised its dividend for 54 consecutive years. United Rentals is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
United Rentals beats W.W. Grainger on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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