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 dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of MRC or HEES?

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

Which has better valuation and 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	0.29	$114M	$0.30	34.10
H&E Equipment Services	$1.52B	2.22	$169.29M	$3.37	27.20

Does the media favor MRC or HEES?

In the previous week, MRC Global had 7 more articles in the media than H&E Equipment Services. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for MRC Global and 7 mentions for H&E Equipment Services. H&E Equipment Services' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat MRC Global's score of 0.75 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
H&E Equipment Services	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, MRC or HEES?

MRC Global has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor MRC or HEES?

MRC Global received 152 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.26% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 56.57% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
MRC Global	Outperform Votes 419 69.26%	Underperform Votes 186 30.74%
H&E Equipment Services	Outperform Votes 267 56.57%	Underperform Votes 205 43.43%

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%

Do analysts rate MRC or HEES?

MRC Global presently has a consensus price target of $15.33, indicating a potential upside of 49.89%. H&E Equipment Services has a consensus price target of $71.33, indicating a potential downside of 22.18%. Given MRC Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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

Summary

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