GIC vs. MSM, MRC, DXPE, ALTG, SLGN, WIRE, FELE, VRRM, ENS, and BDC
Should you be buying Global Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Industrial include MSC Industrial Direct (MSM), MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Alta Equipment Group (ALTG), Silgan (SLGN), Encore Wire (WIRE), Franklin Electric (FELE), Verra Mobility (VRRM), EnerSys (ENS), and Belden (BDC). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
MSC Industrial Direct (NYSE:MSM) and Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) 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, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
MSC Industrial Direct has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Industrial has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MSC Industrial Direct had 6 more articles in the media than Global Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MSC Industrial Direct and 0 mentions for Global Industrial. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat MSC Industrial Direct's score of 0.00 indicating that MSC Industrial Direct is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MSC Industrial Direct has a net margin of 7.89% compared to MSC Industrial Direct's net margin of 5.34%. MSC Industrial Direct's return on equity of 28.39% beat Global Industrial's return on equity.
79.3% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Global Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.8% of MSC Industrial Direct shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MSC Industrial Direct has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. MSC Industrial Direct is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MSC Industrial Direct pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Global Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. MSC Industrial Direct pays out 59.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Industrial pays out 54.3% 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. MSC Industrial Direct has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Global Industrial has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
MSC Industrial Direct presently has a consensus target price of $104.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.88%. Given Global Industrial's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MSC Industrial Direct is more favorable than Global Industrial.
MSC Industrial Direct received 395 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.00% of users gave MSC Industrial Direct an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.
Summary
MSC Industrial Direct beats Global Industrial on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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