Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. DXPE scored 62.0, WCC scored 58.7 — DXPE leads.
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DXPE
DXP Enterprises, Inc.
Industrial Distribution · Quality-Growth
62
$180.92 · $2.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.3
DXPE leads
WCC
WESCO International, Inc.
Industrial Distribution · Quality-Growth
58.7
$365.69 · $17.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestWCC25.3x
Fastest growthWCC+12.5%
Strongest balance sheetWCC1.29
Highest qualityDXPE59 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
DXPE
stronger →← stronger
WCC
59
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
54
84
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
86
48
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
44
DXPE is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
DXPE
WCC
$119mC
FCF
$154mC
+11.5%B
Rev
+12.5%B+
1.66C
D/E
1.29C
31.9xC+
P/E
25.3xB
0.55A-
PEG
1.52C+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
DXPE
WCC
29% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
804% above
~16%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
>60%/yr
-33%
1-yr DCF upside
-90%
-22%
5-yr DCF upside
-89%
-5%
10-yr DCF upside
-87%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
DXPE
No notable signals flagged.
WCC
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
DXPEDXP Enterprises, Inc.
Industrial Distribution · $180.92 · beta 1.04
Why now
Industrial Distribution · market cap $2.8b. 13% off the 52-week high of $208.00. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.55 — paying under fair value for the growth rate.
Moat
ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 127% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 32x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Net margin 4.4% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
WCCWESCO International, Inc.
Industrial Distribution · $365.69 · beta 1.55
Why now
Industrial Distribution · market cap $17.8b. 6% off the 52-week high of $388.64. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $399.18 (implying +9% upside).
Moat
ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Beta 1.55 implies above-market volatility — position-size to the drawdowns this name will produce in a market correction, not to its bull-case return. Net margin 2.8% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where DXPE and WCC diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.3 points in favor of DXPE. The widest single difference is Quality, where DXPE leads by 5.7 points.
QualityDXPE 59.2 · WCC 53.5DXPE +5.7
ValueDXPE 48.1 · WCC 44.1DXPE +4.0
GrowthDXPE 83.6 · WCC 85.7level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DXPE or WCC the better stock?
DXPE scores higher: DXPE 62.0, WCC 58.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DXPE and WCC differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where DXPE leads by 6 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DXPE also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are DXPE and WCC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.