RBC Bearings (ROLL) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, ROLL or CR?

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ROLL or CR?

75.1% of Crane shares are held by institutional investors. 2.8% of RBC Bearings shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Crane shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend ROLL or CR?

Crane has a consensus price target of $139.50, indicating a potential downside of 4.06%. Given Crane's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crane is more favorable than RBC Bearings.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RBC Bearings	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Crane	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROLL or CR?

Crane received 428 more outperform votes than RBC Bearings when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.44% of users gave Crane an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave RBC Bearings an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RBC Bearings	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 77 100.00%
Crane	Outperform Votes 428 59.44%	Underperform Votes 292 40.56%

Does the media refer more to ROLL or CR?

In the previous week, Crane had 25 more articles in the media than RBC Bearings. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Crane and 4 mentions for RBC Bearings. Crane's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat RBC Bearings' score of -0.08 indicating that Crane is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RBC Bearings	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Crane	2 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ROLL or CR more profitable?

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

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ROLL or CR?

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
RBC Bearings	$1.14B	7.34	$59.60M	$2.06	140.43
Crane	$2.14B	3.89	$401.10M	$3.73	38.98

Summary

Crane beats RBC Bearings on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.