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MRC Global (MRC) Competitors

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$13.76 +0.45 (+3.38%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying MRC Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MRC Global include MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), 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), and Fastenal (FAST). These companies are all part of the "trading companies & distributors" industry.

MRC Global vs.

MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) and MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

MRC Global has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MSC Industrial Direct has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MRC Global currently has a consensus target price of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.70%. MSC Industrial Direct has a consensus target price of $90.20, indicating a potential upside of 10.87%. Given MRC Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe MRC Global is more favorable than MSC Industrial Direct.

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
MSC Industrial Direct
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17

MSC Industrial Direct has higher revenue and earnings than MRC Global. MRC Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MSC Industrial Direct, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MRC Global$3.41B0.34$114M$0.8715.82
MSC Industrial Direct$3.82B1.19$258.59M$4.5817.76

In the previous week, MSC Industrial Direct had 6 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for MSC Industrial Direct and 4 mentions for MRC Global. MSC Industrial Direct's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat MRC Global's score of 0.84 indicating that MSC Industrial Direct 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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
MSC Industrial Direct
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MRC Global received 17 more outperform votes than MSC Industrial Direct when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.17% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 52.58% of users gave MSC Industrial Direct an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MRC GlobalOutperform Votes
415
69.17%
Underperform Votes
185
30.83%
MSC Industrial DirectOutperform Votes
398
52.58%
Underperform Votes
359
47.42%

MSC Industrial Direct has a net margin of 6.77% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 3.09%. MRC Global's return on equity of 19.58% beat MSC Industrial Direct's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MRC Global3.09% 19.58% 5.50%
MSC Industrial Direct 6.77%19.35%10.90%

95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.9% of MRC Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.8% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

MRC Global and MSC Industrial Direct tied by winning 9 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$1.17B$1.62B$9.57B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A3.68%2.02%3.52%
P/E Ratio15.8216.8022.3042.95
Price / Sales0.340.617.4819.18
Price / Cash7.009.1316.9417.86
Price / Book2.382.844.275.52
Net Income$114M$104.20M$413.78M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.78%-0.70%2.74%0.45%
1 Month Performance9.47%9.98%8.21%1.05%
1 Year Performance29.44%15.95%30.03%24.67%

MRC Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRC
MRC Global
3.6719 of 5 stars
$13.76
+3.4%
$16.33
+18.7%
+26.0%$1.13B$3.41B15.822,800
MSM
MSC Industrial Direct
4.0942 of 5 stars
$81.36
+0.9%
$90.20
+10.9%
-17.6%$4.51B$3.82B17.767,423Positive News
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.5106 of 5 stars
$55.27
-1.2%
$61.25
+10.8%
+20.3%$2.05B$1.52B14.032,765Dividend Announcement
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
2.2386 of 5 stars
$193.24
+1.1%
N/A+307.9%$1.26B$418.55M13.70240News Coverage
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
3.2706 of 5 stars
$68.11
-0.5%
$75.00
+10.1%
+117.0%$1.07B$1.74B17.551,723
BXC
BlueLinx
2.5231 of 5 stars
$121.30
+0.2%
$135.67
+11.8%
+36.7%$1.02B$3.14B35.262,000Short Interest ↓
TITN
Titan Machinery
2.7839 of 5 stars
$14.05
+0.4%
$21.00
+49.5%
-48.5%$323.79M$2.76B5.423,604
ACET
Adicet Bio
2.5176 of 5 stars
$0.97
-5.8%
$7.50
+675.5%
-17.3%$84.87M$24.99M0.0090Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.521 of 5 stars
$1,178.45
+0.5%
$1,109.00
-5.9%
+45.7%$57.39B$16.48B31.9426,000Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
URI
United Rentals
4.6473 of 5 stars
$820.25
-0.1%
$751.67
-8.4%
+73.9%$53.89B$14.33B21.4226,300Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.6093 of 5 stars
$81.82
+0.3%
$74.80
-8.6%
+34.3%$46.87B$7.35B40.7123,201Positive News

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