POOL vs. GPC, LKQ, WEYS, VOXX, RDUS, HLT, CHTR, RCL, LULU, and EA
Should you be buying Pool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pool include Genuine Parts (GPC), LKQ (LKQ), Weyco Group (WEYS), VOXX International (VOXX), Radius Recycling (RDUS), Hilton Worldwide (HLT), Charter Communications (CHTR), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Lululemon Athletica (LULU), and Electronic Arts (EA).
Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Genuine Parts pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 37.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years and Pool has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genuine Parts currently has a consensus price target of $173.10, suggesting a potential upside of 23.58%. Pool has a consensus price target of $391.80, suggesting a potential upside of 10.69%. Given Pool's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Genuine Parts is more favorable than Pool.
Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. Genuine Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pool received 120 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 48.25% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.
Pool has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Pool's net margin of 5.46%. Genuine Parts' return on equity of 35.49% beat Pool's return on equity.
In the previous week, Pool had 78 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 91 mentions for Pool and 13 mentions for Genuine Parts. Pool's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Genuine Parts' score of 0.14 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Pool beats Genuine Parts on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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