BXC vs. HEES, MRC, DXPE, WLFC, TITN, ACET, GWW, URI, FAST, and WSO
Should you be buying BlueLinx stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlueLinx include H&E Equipment Services (HEES), MRC Global (MRC), DXP Enterprises (DXPE), Willis Lease Finance (WLFC), 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.
BlueLinx (NYSE:BXC) and H&E Equipment Services (NASDAQ:HEES) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
BlueLinx has a beta of 1.87, indicating that its stock price is 87% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, H&E Equipment Services has a beta of 1.93, indicating that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
H&E Equipment Services received 69 more outperform votes than BlueLinx when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.02% of users gave H&E Equipment Services an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave BlueLinx an outperform vote.
H&E Equipment Services has a net margin of 11.17% compared to BlueLinx's net margin of 1.57%. H&E Equipment Services' return on equity of 34.33% beat BlueLinx's return on equity.
In the previous week, H&E Equipment Services had 3 more articles in the media than BlueLinx. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for H&E Equipment Services and 0 mentions for BlueLinx. BlueLinx's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat H&E Equipment Services' score of 0.60 indicating that BlueLinx is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlueLinx currently has a consensus price target of $130.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.37%. H&E Equipment Services has a consensus price target of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.78%. Given H&E Equipment Services' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe H&E Equipment Services is more favorable than BlueLinx.
90.8% of BlueLinx shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of BlueLinx shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of H&E Equipment Services shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
H&E Equipment Services has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BlueLinx. H&E Equipment Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlueLinx, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
H&E Equipment Services beats BlueLinx on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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