GRC vs. DXPE, CECO, PRLB, XMTR, KRNT, ERII, ASTE, MRC, HY, and OFLX
Should you be buying Gorman-Rupp stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gorman-Rupp include DXP Enterprises (DXPE), CECO Environmental (CECO), Proto Labs (PRLB), Xometry (XMTR), Kornit Digital (KRNT), Energy Recovery (ERII), Astec Industries (ASTE), MRC Global (MRC), Hyster-Yale Materials Handling (HY), and Omega Flex (OFLX). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
Gorman-Rupp (NYSE:GRC) and DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Gorman-Rupp has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DXP Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Gorman-Rupp. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gorman-Rupp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gorman-Rupp has a net margin of 5.52% compared to DXP Enterprises' net margin of 4.10%. DXP Enterprises' return on equity of 19.30% beat Gorman-Rupp's return on equity.
59.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.3% of Gorman-Rupp shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 22.1% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Gorman-Rupp received 42 more outperform votes than DXP Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.53% of users gave Gorman-Rupp an outperform vote while only 61.32% of users gave DXP Enterprises an outperform vote.
In the previous week, DXP Enterprises had 2 more articles in the media than Gorman-Rupp. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for DXP Enterprises and 3 mentions for Gorman-Rupp. Gorman-Rupp's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat DXP Enterprises' score of -0.07 indicating that Gorman-Rupp is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gorman-Rupp currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.66%. DXP Enterprises has a consensus price target of $55.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.90%. Given Gorman-Rupp's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gorman-Rupp is more favorable than DXP Enterprises.
Summary
DXP Enterprises beats Gorman-Rupp on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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