Suburban Propane Partners (SPH) Competitors

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) and Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE:SPH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer RUSHB or SPH?

Suburban Propane Partners has a consensus price target of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.91%. Given Suburban Propane Partners' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Suburban Propane Partners is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Suburban Propane Partners	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RUSHB or SPH?

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Suburban Propane Partners. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suburban Propane Partners, 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
Rush Enterprises	$7.80B	0.58	$347.05M	$3.73	15.38
Suburban Propane Partners	$1.33B	1.01	$74.17M	$1.06	19.63

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RUSHB or SPH?

18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Suburban Propane Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is RUSHB or SPH a better dividend stock?

Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Suburban Propane Partners pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Rush Enterprises pays out 19.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suburban Propane Partners pays out 122.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Is RUSHB or SPH more profitable?

Suburban Propane Partners has a net margin of 5.18% compared to Rush Enterprises' net margin of 3.90%. Rush Enterprises' return on equity of 14.76% beat Suburban Propane Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Enterprises	3.90%	14.76%	6.61%
Suburban Propane Partners	5.18%	11.81%	2.98%

Which has more volatility and risk, RUSHB or SPH?

Rush Enterprises has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suburban Propane Partners has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RUSHB or SPH?

Suburban Propane Partners received 199 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Suburban Propane Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%
Suburban Propane Partners	Outperform Votes 309 57.22%	Underperform Votes 231 42.78%

Does the media favor RUSHB or SPH?

In the previous week, Rush Enterprises and Rush Enterprises both had 2 articles in the media. Suburban Propane Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.29 indicating that Suburban Propane Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Rush Enterprises	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Suburban Propane Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Suburban Propane Partners beats Rush Enterprises on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.