A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK) Competitors

A-Mark Precious Metals (NASDAQ:AMRK) and Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

Is AMRK or GLP a better dividend stock?

A-Mark Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Global Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. A-Mark Precious Metals pays out 39.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Partners pays out 122.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AMRK or GLP?

75.3% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of Global Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.5% of Global Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AMRK or GLP?

In the previous week, A-Mark Precious Metals had 5 more articles in the media than Global Partners. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals and 1 mentions for Global Partners. Global Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.81 beat A-Mark Precious Metals' score of 1.72 indicating that Global Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
A-Mark Precious Metals	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Global Partners	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMRK or GLP?

Global Partners received 72 more outperform votes than A-Mark Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.43% of users gave A-Mark Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
A-Mark Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 215 56.43%	Underperform Votes 166 43.57%
Global Partners	Outperform Votes 287 55.62%	Underperform Votes 229 44.38%

Do analysts rate AMRK or GLP?

A-Mark Precious Metals presently has a consensus price target of $41.75, suggesting a potential upside of 83.36%. Global Partners has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.66%. Given A-Mark Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe A-Mark Precious Metals is more favorable than Global Partners.

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
Global Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility & risk, AMRK or GLP?

A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Partners has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AMRK or GLP?

Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Partners, 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	$10.59B	0.05	$68.55M	$2.05	11.11
Global Partners	$17.16B	0.10	$142.60M	$2.42	20.36

Is AMRK or GLP more profitable?

Global Partners has a net margin of 0.82% compared to A-Mark Precious Metals' net margin of 0.46%. Global Partners' return on equity of 22.07% beat A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.46%	9.29%	3.24%
Global Partners	0.82%	22.07%	3.94%

Summary

Global Partners beats A-Mark Precious Metals on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.