Ituran Location and Control (ITRN) Competitors

Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) and GMS (NYSE:GMS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ITRN or GMS?

94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of GMS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GMS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, ITRN or GMS?

Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GMS has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ITRN or GMS?

GMS has higher revenue and earnings than Ituran Location and Control. Ituran Location and Control is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GMS, 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
Ituran Location and Control	$336.26M	2.18	$48.14M	$2.71	13.61
GMS	$5.59B	0.52	$276.08M	$3.61	20.89

Does the media refer more to ITRN or GMS?

In the previous week, GMS had 9 more articles in the media than Ituran Location and Control. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GMS and 4 mentions for Ituran Location and Control. Ituran Location and Control's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat GMS's score of 0.33 indicating that Ituran Location and Control is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ituran Location and Control	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GMS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ITRN or GMS?

GMS received 140 more outperform votes than Ituran Location and Control when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 63.61% of users gave Ituran Location and Control an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ituran Location and Control	Outperform Votes 236 63.61%	Underperform Votes 135 36.39%
GMS	Outperform Votes 376 66.08%	Underperform Votes 193 33.92%

Is ITRN or GMS more profitable?

Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 15.65% compared to GMS's net margin of 3.92%. Ituran Location and Control's return on equity of 28.31% beat GMS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ituran Location and Control	15.65%	28.31%	16.21%
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%

Do analysts prefer ITRN or GMS?

Ituran Location and Control presently has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.57%. GMS has a consensus target price of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.74%. Given Ituran Location and Control's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than GMS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ituran Location and Control	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
GMS	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Summary

GMS beats Ituran Location and Control on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.