A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK) Competitors

A-Mark Precious Metals (NASDAQ:AMRK) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AMRK or CENT?

75.3% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMRK or CENT?

Central Garden & Pet received 42 more outperform votes than A-Mark Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.14% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave A-Mark Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
A-Mark Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 213 56.80%	Underperform Votes 162 43.20%
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 255 60.14%	Underperform Votes 169 39.86%

Do analysts prefer AMRK or CENT?

A-Mark Precious Metals currently has a consensus price target of $46.33, indicating a potential upside of 60.32%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.66%. Given A-Mark Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe A-Mark Precious Metals is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
A-Mark Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Which has better valuation & earnings, AMRK or CENT?

Central Garden & Pet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
A-Mark Precious Metals	$9.70B	0.07	$68.55M	$2.35	12.30
Central Garden & Pet	$3.28B	0.76	$125.64M	$2.17	17.01

Does the media favor AMRK or CENT?

In the previous week, A-Mark Precious Metals had 9 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals and 1 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. A-Mark Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.44 indicating that A-Mark Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
A-Mark Precious Metals	Positive
Central Garden & Pet	Neutral

Is AMRK or CENT more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 4.42% compared to A-Mark Precious Metals' net margin of 0.57%. A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity of 10.93% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.57%	10.93%	3.82%
Central Garden & Pet	4.42%	10.66%	4.59%

Which has more volatility and risk, AMRK or CENT?

A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of -0.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats A-Mark Precious Metals on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.