MRC Global (MRC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in MRC or HEES?

95.0% of MRC Global shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by institutional investors. 20.9% of MRC Global shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend MRC or HEES?

MRC Global currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.90%. H&E Equipment Services has a consensus price target of $71.33, suggesting a potential downside of 25.69%. Given MRC Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe MRC Global is more favorable than H&E Equipment Services.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MRC Global	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)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MRC or HEES?

MRC Global received 151 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.21% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MRC Global	Outperform Votes 418 69.21%	Underperform Votes 186 30.79%
H&E Equipment Services	Outperform Votes 267 56.93%	Underperform Votes 202 43.07%

Which has more volatility & risk, MRC or HEES?

MRC Global has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.94, meaning that its stock price is 94% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MRC or HEES more profitable?

H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 9.47% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 3.09%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 25.46% beat MRC Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MRC Global	3.09%	19.58%	5.50%
H&E Equipment Services	9.47%	25.46%	5.16%

Does the media prefer MRC or HEES?

In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 1 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 10 mentions for MRC Global. H&E Equipment Services' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat MRC Global's score of 0.17 indicating that H&E Equipment Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MRC Global	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
H&E Equipment Services	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, MRC or HEES?

H&E Equipment Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MRC Global. H&E Equipment Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MRC Global, 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
MRC Global	$3.01B	0.35	$114M	$0.30	40.43
H&E Equipment Services	$1.52B	2.32	$169.29M	$3.37	28.48

Summary

MRC Global beats H&E Equipment Services on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.