TREX vs. CR, ROLL, SNA, CRS, NPO, TXT, GOGL, AIR, WSO, and PWR
Should you be buying Trex stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Trex include Crane (CR), RBC Bearings (ROLL), Snap-on (SNA), Carpenter Technology (CRS), Enpro (NPO), Textron (TXT), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), AAR (AIR), Watsco (WSO), and Quanta Services (PWR).
Crane (NYSE:CR) and Trex (NYSE:TREX) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.
Crane has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Trex has a beta of 1.6, suggesting that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Crane had 23 more articles in the media than Trex. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Crane and 12 mentions for Trex. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Trex's score of 0.16 indicating that Trex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Trex has a net margin of 18.76% compared to Trex's net margin of 13.10%. Crane's return on equity of 31.26% beat Trex's return on equity.
Crane has higher revenue and earnings than Trex. Crane is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Trex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crane presently has a consensus target price of $137.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.79%. Trex has a consensus target price of $88.72, suggesting a potential downside of 0.46%. Given Crane's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Trex is more favorable than Crane.
75.1% of Crane shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.0% of Trex shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Crane shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Trex shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Trex received 8 more outperform votes than Crane when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.47% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 55.48% of users gave Trex an outperform vote.
Summary
Trex beats Crane on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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