Rush Enterprises (RUSHB) Competitors

Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RUSHB or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, 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	$7.89B	0.42	$347.05M	$3.96	10.72
Rush Enterprises	$7.89B	0.45	$347.05M	$3.96	11.56

Which has more risk and volatility, RUSHB or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RUSHB or RUSHA more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rush Enterprises	4.16%	17.16%	7.57%
Rush Enterprises	4.16%	17.16%	7.57%

Do analysts rate RUSHB or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises has a consensus price target of $52.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.27%. Given Rush Enterprises' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rush Enterprises 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)	N/A
Rush Enterprises	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to RUSHB or RUSHA?

In the previous week, Rush Enterprises had 3 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Rush Enterprises and 0 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.00 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Rush Enterprises	Neutral
Rush Enterprises	Positive

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

18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RUSHB or RUSHA?

Rush Enterprises received 218 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.87% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 110 65.87%	Underperform Votes 57 34.13%
Rush Enterprises	Outperform Votes 328 59.64%	Underperform Votes 222 40.36%

Is RUSHB or RUSHA a better dividend stock?

Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Rush Enterprises pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Rush Enterprises pays out 17.2% 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.

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Rush Enterprises on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.