Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CENT or SITE?

SiteOne Landscape Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, 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	$3.20B	0.77	$107.98M	$1.82	20.56
SiteOne Landscape Supply	$4.54B	1.38	$123.60M	$2.69	51.74

Do analysts rate CENT or SITE?

Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus target price of $46.75, indicating a potential upside of 24.92%. SiteOne Landscape Supply has a consensus target price of $154.56, indicating a potential upside of 11.06%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than SiteOne Landscape Supply.

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
SiteOne Landscape Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk & volatility, CENT or SITE?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CENT or SITE?

SiteOne Landscape Supply received 29 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.09% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave SiteOne Landscape Supply an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 60.09%	Underperform Votes 170 39.91%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	Outperform Votes 285 54.29%	Underperform Votes 240 45.71%

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

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CENT or SITE more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 3.77% compared to SiteOne Landscape Supply's net margin of 2.72%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.08% beat SiteOne Landscape Supply's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.77%	10.08%	4.38%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.72%	7.93%	3.98%

Does the media prefer CENT or SITE?

In the previous week, SiteOne Landscape Supply had 16 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for SiteOne Landscape Supply and 3 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat SiteOne Landscape Supply's score of 0.20 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SiteOne Landscape Supply	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats SiteOne Landscape Supply on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.