SCSC vs. MRC, CDRE, TRS, CMCO, LNN, GIC, HY, HOLI, APOG, and DNOW
Should you be buying ScanSource stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ScanSource include MRC Global (MRC), Cadre (CDRE), TriMas (TRS), Columbus McKinnon (CMCO), Lindsay (LNN), Global Industrial (GIC), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI), Apogee Enterprises (APOG), and DNOW (DNOW). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ScanSource (NASDAQ:SCSC) and MRC Global (NYSE:MRC) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
MRC Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ScanSource. ScanSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MRC Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ScanSource presently has a consensus target price of $35.50, suggesting a potential downside of 28.04%. MRC Global has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Given MRC Global's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MRC Global is more favorable than ScanSource.
ScanSource has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MRC Global has a beta of 2.01, meaning that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ScanSource had 2 more articles in the media than MRC Global. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ScanSource and 9 mentions for MRC Global. ScanSource's average media sentiment score of 0.12 beat MRC Global's score of 0.08 indicating that ScanSource is being referred to more favorably in the media.
97.9% of ScanSource shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of MRC Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% of ScanSource shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.9% of MRC Global shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
MRC Global received 171 more outperform votes than ScanSource when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave MRC Global an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave ScanSource an outperform vote.
MRC Global has a net margin of 2.97% compared to ScanSource's net margin of 2.31%. MRC Global's return on equity of 23.60% beat ScanSource's return on equity.
Summary
MRC Global beats ScanSource on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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