Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENT or CNM?

Central Garden & Pet received 202 more outperform votes than Core & Main when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.09% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 60.09%	Underperform Votes 170 39.91%
Core & Main	Outperform Votes 54 45.76%	Underperform Votes 64 54.24%

Do analysts recommend CENT or CNM?

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.52%. Core & Main has a consensus price target of $57.55, indicating a potential upside of 16.22%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Core & Main.

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
Core & Main	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has more volatility and risk, CENT or CNM?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CENT or CNM?

Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core & Main, 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	0.74	$107.98M	$1.82	20.02
Core & Main	$7.44B	1.32	$371M	$2.12	23.36

Is CENT or CNM more profitable?

Core & Main has a net margin of 5.71% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.77%. Core & Main's return on equity of 24.71% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.77%	10.08%	4.38%
Core & Main	5.71%	24.71%	7.00%

Does the media favor CENT or CNM?

In the previous week, Core & Main had 12 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Core & Main and 3 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Core & Main's score of 1.43 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Core & Main	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CENT or CNM?

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Core & Main beats Central Garden & Pet on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.