CENT vs. CENTA, SHOO, LRN, RLX, TNL, UAA, STRA, PLTK, UA, and PRKS Should you be buying Central Garden & Pet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Garden & Pet include Central Garden & Pet (CENTA), Steven Madden (SHOO), Stride (LRN), RLX Technology (RLX), Travel + Leisure (TNL), Under Armour (UAA), Strategic Education (STRA), Playtika (PLTK), Under Armour (UA), and United Parks & Resorts (PRKS). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT ) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA ) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 2 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 6 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.12 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Central Garden & Pet received 71 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.70% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.
Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus price target of $54.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.76%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $41.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.
16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary Central Garden & Pet beats Central Garden & Pet on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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