A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK) Competitors

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

Is CENT or AMRK more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 3.77% compared to A-Mark Precious Metals' net margin of 0.46%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.08% beat A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.77%	10.08%	4.38%
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.46%	9.29%	3.24%

Do analysts prefer CENT or AMRK?

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus price target of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 25.64%. A-Mark Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $41.75, suggesting a potential upside of 55.81%. Given A-Mark Precious Metals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe A-Mark Precious Metals is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.20
A-Mark Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media favor CENT or AMRK?

In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 1 more articles in the media than A-Mark Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 2 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.89 indicating that A-Mark Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
A-Mark Precious Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENT or AMRK?

Central Garden & Pet received 42 more outperform votes than A-Mark Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.09% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 56.32% of users gave A-Mark Precious Metals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 60.09%	Underperform Votes 170 39.91%
A-Mark Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 214 56.32%	Underperform Votes 166 43.68%

Which has more risk & volatility, CENT or AMRK?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of -0.02, indicating that its share price is 102% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CENT or AMRK?

Central Garden & Pet has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Central Garden & Pet	$3.22B	0.76	$107.98M	$1.82	20.45
A-Mark Precious Metals	$9.70B	0.06	$68.55M	$2.05	13.07

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

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats A-Mark Precious Metals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.