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$13.83 -0.61 (-4.22%)
(As of 11/7/2024 ET)

MRC vs. HEES, WLFC, BXC, DXPE, 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), BlueLinx (BXC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), 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 industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.82, indicating that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 1.97, indicating that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.

MRC Global received 147 more outperform votes than H&E Equipment Services when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.12% 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
414
69.12%
Underperform Votes
185
30.88%

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

H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 9.47% compared to MRC Global's net margin of 3.19%. 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 3.19%22.35%5.83%

H&E Equipment Services currently has a consensus target price of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.68%. MRC Global has a consensus target price of $16.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.10%. Given MRC Global's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
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

In the previous week, MRC Global had 8 more articles in the media than H&E Equipment Services. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for MRC Global and 7 mentions for H&E Equipment Services. MRC Global's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.27 indicating that MRC Global is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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$1.47B1.46$169.29M$3.9414.85
MRC Global$3.41B0.35$114M$0.9314.87

Summary

MRC Global beats H&E Equipment Services on 12 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$1.18B$1.73B$9.80B$20.01B
Dividend YieldN/A3.77%2.03%3.56%
P/E Ratio14.8714.1722.7741.75
Price / Sales0.350.668.2717.49
Price / Cash6.398.3019.4117.30
Price / Book2.392.944.155.25
Net Income$114M$104.20M$460.54M$988.95M
7 Day Performance12.81%20.96%7.48%4.35%
1 Month Performance8.30%14.33%4.65%3.49%
1 Year Performance29.37%19.81%39.63%29.54%

MRC Global Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MRC
MRC Global
4.1523 of 5 stars
$13.83
-4.2%
$16.33
+18.1%
+29.4%$1.18B$3.41B14.872,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
HEES
H&E Equipment Services
4.135 of 5 stars
$51.90
-0.7%
N/A+35.9%$1.90B$1.47B13.172,765Gap Up
WLFC
Willis Lease Finance
2.5147 of 5 stars
$184.23
+1.6%
N/A+425.2%$1.21B$418.55M14.31240Analyst Downgrade
BXC
BlueLinx
1.7911 of 5 stars
$109.89
+0.4%
N/A+54.9%$920.88M$3.14B31.942,000Gap Up
DXPE
DXP Enterprises
3.4316 of 5 stars
$50.35
+2.6%
N/A+113.6%$795.03M$1.68B14.221,723Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
TITN
Titan Machinery
4.7063 of 5 stars
$13.72
-0.1%
N/A-38.8%$317.34M$2.76B5.303,604Positive News
ACET
Adicet Bio
3.164 of 5 stars
$1.25
-2.3%
N/A+1.1%$103M$24.99M-0.4990Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GWW
W.W. Grainger
4.2942 of 5 stars
$1,105.07
-0.4%
N/A+53.9%$53.96B$16.48B29.9626,000Insider Selling
URI
United Rentals
4.7356 of 5 stars
$793.47
-2.4%
N/A+95.8%$52.07B$14.98B20.7226,300Positive News
FAST
Fastenal
4.6077 of 5 stars
$78.23
+0.1%
N/A+40.8%$44.82B$7.35B38.9223,201
WSO
Watsco
4.0865 of 5 stars
$474.00
+0.2%
N/A+41.2%$19.12B$7.28B36.637,425Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MRC) was last updated on 11/8/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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