Head to Head Analysis: DXP Enterprises (DXPE) versus Its Rivals

DXP Enterprises (NASDAQ:DXPE) is one of 157 publicly-traded companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare DXP Enterprises to similar companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares DXP Enterprises and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
DXP Enterprises	$2.02 billion	$88.68 million	25.75
DXP Enterprises Competitors	$6.67 billion	$363.16 million	33.55

DXP Enterprises’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than DXP Enterprises. DXP Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for DXP Enterprises and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DXP Enterprises	0	2	3	0	2.60
DXP Enterprises Competitors	1469	4921	6741	242	2.43

DXP Enterprises presently has a consensus price target of $183.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.23%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 7.95%. Given DXP Enterprises’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe DXP Enterprises is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

DXP Enterprises has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DXP Enterprises’ competitors have a beta of 1.32, suggesting that their average stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares DXP Enterprises and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DXP Enterprises	4.45%	18.67%	5.66%
DXP Enterprises Competitors	1.10%	-33.72%	3.55%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

74.8% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.5% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 22.0% of DXP Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.3% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

DXP Enterprises beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

DXP Enterprises Company Profile

DXP Enterprises, Inc. is a distributor of industrial products and provider of related services. It supplies maintenance, repair and operating products, including bearings, power-transmission components, safety equipment and other industrial supplies to customers in a range of industries. The company also provides pump and rotating-equipment services, such as pump repair and packaged pumping systems, as well as supply-chain services that support customers’ procurement and inventory-management needs.