WCC vs. AIT, EQH, HRI, ITT, NVT, PH, SF, TEX, TKR, and URI
Should you be buying WESCO International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WESCO International include Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT), Equitable (EQH), Herc (HRI), ITT (ITT), nVent Electric (NVT), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Stifel Financial (SF), Terex (TEX), Timken (TKR), and United Rentals (URI).
WESCO International vs. Its Competitors
Applied Industrial Technologies (NYSE:AIT) and WESCO International (NYSE:WCC) are both mid-cap trading companies & distributors companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Applied Industrial Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. WESCO International pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Applied Industrial Technologies pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. WESCO International pays out 13.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Applied Industrial Technologies has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and WESCO International has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. WESCO International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
WESCO International has higher revenue and earnings than Applied Industrial Technologies. WESCO International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Applied Industrial Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Applied Industrial Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $285.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.75%. WESCO International has a consensus target price of $212.63, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. Given Applied Industrial Technologies' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Applied Industrial Technologies is more favorable than WESCO International.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a net margin of 8.64% compared to WESCO International's net margin of 3.30%. Applied Industrial Technologies' return on equity of 22.01% beat WESCO International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Applied Industrial Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than WESCO International. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Applied Industrial Technologies and 5 mentions for WESCO International. Applied Industrial Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat WESCO International's score of 0.64 indicating that Applied Industrial Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Applied Industrial Technologies has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WESCO International has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of WESCO International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Applied Industrial Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of WESCO International shares are held by company 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
Applied Industrial Technologies and WESCO International tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WCC) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
