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Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Competitors

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$40.04 -0.44 (-1.09%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

CENT vs. CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, REZI, GMS, VSTS, DSGR, GLP, and WKC

Should you be buying Central Garden & Pet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Garden & Pet include Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), GMS (GMS), Vestis (VSTS), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Partners (GLP), and World Kinect (WKC). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Central Garden & Pet vs.

Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) are both industrial products companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than Central Garden & Pet. Core & Main 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Core & Main$7.18B1.40$371M$2.1323.73
Central Garden & Pet$3.20B0.82$107.98M$1.6224.72

Core & Main presently has a consensus price target of $58.10, indicating a potential upside of 14.96%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $46.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Core & Main.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Core & Main
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

Core & Main has a net margin of 5.71% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.37%. 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
Core & Main5.71% 24.71% 7.00%
Central Garden & Pet 3.37%9.31%4.03%

Central Garden & Pet received 206 more outperform votes than Core & Main when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.24% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 44.25% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Core & MainOutperform Votes
50
44.25%
Underperform Votes
63
55.75%
Central Garden & PetOutperform Votes
256
60.24%
Underperform Votes
169
39.76%

94.2% of Core & Main shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Core & Main shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Core & Main had 2 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Core & Main and 6 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Core & Main's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.61 indicating that Core & Main is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Core & Main has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CENT vs. The Competition

MetricCentral Garden & Petnondurable goods IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$2.63B$1.18B$8.38B$9.07B
Dividend YieldN/A10.39%2.82%4.23%
P/E Ratio24.7552.8118.3317.17
Price / Sales0.820.6515.50116.95
Price / Cash10.9519.9733.4537.86
Price / Book1.731.205.564.78
Net Income$107.98M$28.87M$267.23M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-1.67%-3.85%-1.89%-1.23%
1 Month Performance4.38%-4.57%0.06%3.36%
1 Year Performance27.39%6.60%10.26%16.60%

Central Garden & Pet Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
2.1017 of 5 stars
$40.04
-1.1%
$46.75
+16.8%
+29.3%$2.63B$3.20B24.756,450High Trading Volume
CNM
Core & Main
3.2669 of 5 stars
$52.70
+0.9%
$58.10
+10.2%
+27.9%$10.60B$7.18B24.515,000Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.4077 of 5 stars
$141.85
+0.4%
$156.44
+10.3%
-16.9%$6.40B$4.30B45.918,230Positive News
INGM
Ingram Micro
N/A$21.27
+0.8%
$27.86
+31.0%
N/A$4.99B$47.66B0.0024,150
AVT
Avnet
4.4634 of 5 stars
$54.17
+0.0%
$48.50
-10.5%
+7.7%$4.71B$23.03B14.1815,462
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.8373 of 5 stars
$26.42
+0.9%
$25.00
-5.4%
+33.0%$3.88B$6.24B23.5914,000Positive News
GMS
GMS
3.8633 of 5 stars
$91.21
+0.2%
$95.43
+4.6%
+5.4%$3.54B$5.59B16.737,624
VSTS
Vestis
2.5923 of 5 stars
$16.37
+2.0%
$15.73
-3.9%
-18.5%$2.15B$2.81B101.6310,800Positive News
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
2.1036 of 5 stars
$39.22
+1.9%
$43.00
+9.6%
+14.6%$1.84B$1.73B962.501,685
GLP
Global Partners
3.1466 of 5 stars
$52.14
-2.3%
$54.00
+3.6%
+16.7%$1.77B$17.39B16.125,060News Coverage
WKC
World Kinect
3.0789 of 5 stars
$27.90
-1.3%
$30.20
+8.2%
+18.3%$1.62B$44.41B12.435,289Dividend Announcement

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This page (NASDAQ:CENT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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