RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

Crane (NYSE:CR) and RBC Bearings (NASDAQ:ROLL) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CR or ROLL?

Crane received 427 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.47% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crane	Outperform Votes 427 59.47%	Underperform Votes 291 40.53%
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 75 100.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, CR or ROLL?

Crane has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RBC Bearings has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CR or ROLL?

Crane currently has a consensus target price of $137.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.04%. Given RBC Bearings' higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Crane is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is CR or ROLL more profitable?

Crane has a net margin of 13.10% compared to Crane's net margin of 0.00%. RBC Bearings' return on equity of 24.45% beat Crane's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crane	13.10%	24.45%	10.14%
RBC Bearings	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CR or ROLL?

75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Crane shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, CR or ROLL?

Crane has higher revenue and earnings than RBC Bearings. Crane is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RBC Bearings, 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
Crane	$1.81B	4.51	$401.10M	$3.73	38.34
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	6.37	$59.60M	$2.06	121.93

Does the media favor CR or ROLL?

In the previous week, Crane had 27 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Crane and 1 mentions for RBC Bearings. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat RBC Bearings' score of -0.10 indicating that RBC Bearings is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Crane	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Crane beats RBC Bearings on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.