Contrasting EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) and Its Rivals

EquipmentShare.com (NASDAQ:EQPT) is one of 158 public companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare EquipmentShare.com to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by institutional investors. 32.8% of EquipmentShare.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares EquipmentShare.com and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
EquipmentShare.com	$4.38 billion	$40.00 million	58.52
EquipmentShare.com Competitors	$6.63 billion	$365.60 million	20.55

EquipmentShare.com’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than EquipmentShare.com. EquipmentShare.com is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for EquipmentShare.com and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EquipmentShare.com	1	5	6	0	2.42
EquipmentShare.com Competitors	1424	4870	6664	220	2.43

EquipmentShare.com presently has a consensus price target of $34.78, suggesting a potential upside of 91.72%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 15.70%. Given EquipmentShare.com’s higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe EquipmentShare.com is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares EquipmentShare.com and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EquipmentShare.com	N/A	N/A	N/A
EquipmentShare.com Competitors	0.71%	-34.49%	3.14%

Summary

EquipmentShare.com competitors beat EquipmentShare.com on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

About EquipmentShare.com

EquipmentShare.com Inc. provides integrated, full-service construction solutions across equipment rental, sales and technology. EquipmentShare.com Inc. is based in Columbia, Missouri.