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MRC Global (MRC) Competitors

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$12.55 -0.06 (-0.48%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

MRC vs. HEES, WLFC, DXPE, BXC, TITN, ACET, GWW, URI, FAST, and WSO

Should you be buying MRC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MRC Global include H&E Equipment Services (HEES), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), BlueLinx (BXC), 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.

MRC Global vs.

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

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H&E Equipment Services$1.52B1.18$169.29M$3.9412.38
MRC Global$3.41B0.31$114M$0.8714.43

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 1.17 beat MRC Global's score of 0.25 indicating that H&E Equipment Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
H&E Equipment Services9.47% 25.46% 5.16%
MRC Global 3.09%19.58%5.50%

MRC Global received 148 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 58.04% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
H&E Equipment ServicesOutperform Votes
267
58.04%
Underperform Votes
193
41.96%
MRC GlobalOutperform Votes
415
69.17%
Underperform Votes
185
30.83%

H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

H&E Equipment Services presently has a consensus target price of $61.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. MRC Global has a consensus target price of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 30.15%. Given MRC Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MRC Global 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
MRC Global
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

Summary

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

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MRC vs. The Competition

MetricMRC GlobalIndustrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.07B$1.56B$9.22B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A3.74%2.08%3.58%
P/E Ratio14.4316.5921.0841.22
Price / Sales0.310.604.8617.58
Price / Cash6.929.5619.2621.28
Price / Book2.172.764.245.32
Net Income$114M$104.20M$398.18M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-5.07%-6.08%-4.64%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-10.29%-5.29%-1.86%-3.73%
1 Year Performance13.68%8.14%15.47%12.06%

MRC Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRC
MRC Global
3.9184 of 5 stars
$12.55
-0.5%
$16.33
+30.1%
+16.3%$1.07B$3.41B14.432,800Insider Trade
Positive News
High Trading Volume
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.9057 of 5 stars
$55.51
-0.7%
$61.25
+10.3%
-5.2%$2.03B$1.52B14.192,765News Coverage
Positive News
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
3.588 of 5 stars
$217.08
+3.4%
N/A+331.7%$1.43B$530.71M14.88240News Coverage
Positive News
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
1.9973 of 5 stars
$80.09
+0.6%
$75.00
-6.4%
+133.6%$1.26B$1.74B20.821,723Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
BXC
BlueLinx
2.0412 of 5 stars
$118.19
-0.5%
$135.67
+14.8%
-3.8%$990.55M$2.95B34.532,000Positive News
TITN
Titan Machinery
3.8587 of 5 stars
$14.96
+1.2%
$21.00
+40.4%
-53.8%$346.03M$2.76B11.023,604Positive News
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.9372 of 5 stars
$0.97
+0.5%
$7.50
+673.4%
-37.7%$79.91M$24.99M-0.5490Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Up
GWW
W.W. Grainger
3.9943 of 5 stars
$1,140.51
-0.2%
$1,109.00
-2.8%
+33.9%$55.54B$16.48B30.9726,000Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.3656 of 5 stars
$771.84
-0.9%
$770.00
-0.2%
+29.4%$50.65B$14.33B20.3426,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.4084 of 5 stars
$78.09
-0.5%
$77.40
-0.9%
+15.7%$44.74B$7.35B39.0423,201
WSO
Watsco
3.5916 of 5 stars
$510.72
+0.2%
$488.33
-4.4%
+16.0%$20.62B$7.28B39.397,425Insider Trade
Positive News

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