CNM vs. GFL, IPG, DOCU, CLH, PATH, WPP, MORN, PSN, ESTC, and RTO
Should you be buying Core & Main stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core & Main include GFL Environmental (GFL), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), DocuSign (DOCU), Clean Harbors (CLH), UiPath (PATH), WPP (WPP), Morningstar (MORN), Parsons (PSN), Elastic (ESTC), and Rentokil Initial (RTO). These companies are all part of the "business services" sector.
GFL Environmental (NYSE:GFL) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than GFL Environmental.
64.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are held by institutional investors. 8.7% of GFL Environmental shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
GFL Environmental received 60 more outperform votes than Core & Main when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.83% of users gave GFL Environmental an outperform vote while only 39.36% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.
Core & Main has a net margin of 5.54% compared to Core & Main's net margin of 1.25%. GFL Environmental's return on equity of 18.22% beat Core & Main's return on equity.
In the previous week, Core & Main had 1 more articles in the media than GFL Environmental. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Core & Main and 3 mentions for GFL Environmental. GFL Environmental's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Core & Main's score of 0.39 indicating that Core & Main is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
GFL Environmental has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GFL Environmental presently has a consensus target price of $43.08, indicating a potential upside of 35.02%. Core & Main has a consensus target price of $50.08, indicating a potential downside of 16.74%. Given Core & Main's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GFL Environmental is more favorable than Core & Main.
Summary
GFL Environmental beats Core & Main on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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