EquipmentShare.com (EQPT) and Its Peers Critical Review

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

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.9% of shares of all “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies are owned by institutional investors. 32.8% of EquipmentShare.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% 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.

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	0.71%	-34.50%	3.14%

Valuation & Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
EquipmentShare.com	$4.38 billion	$40.00 million	63.06
EquipmentShare.com Competitors	$6.63 billion	$366.25 million	20.66

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for EquipmentShare.com and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EquipmentShare.com	1	5	6	0	2.42
EquipmentShare.com Competitors	1428	4871	6671	222	2.43

EquipmentShare.com currently has a consensus price target of $34.78, indicating a potential upside of 77.89%. As a group, “Trading Companies & Distributors” companies have a potential upside of 14.95%. Given EquipmentShare.com’s higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe EquipmentShare.com is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

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

EquipmentShare.com Company Profile

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