Head-To-Head Analysis: EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) & Its Rivals

EquipmentShare.com (NASDAQ:EQPT) is one of 159 publicly-traded companies in the “Trading Companies & Distributors” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare EquipmentShare.com to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Institutional & Insider 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, 17.1% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for EquipmentShare.com and its peers, 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	1409	4869	6688	227	2.43

EquipmentShare.com currently has a consensus target price of $36.33, suggesting a potential upside of 86.84%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 5.90%. Given EquipmentShare.com’s higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe EquipmentShare.com is more favorable than its peers.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares EquipmentShare.com and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
EquipmentShare.com	$4.38 billion	$40.00 million	149.58
EquipmentShare.com Competitors	$6.66 billion	$364.19 million	24.86

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

Profitability

This table compares EquipmentShare.com and its peers’ 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	2.85%	-33.68%	3.56%

Summary

EquipmentShare.com peers 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.