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Ituran Location and Control (ITRN) Competitors

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$29.86 +0.49 (+1.67%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:16 PM ET)

ITRN vs. VSTS, DSGR, GLP, WKC, ASPN, GIC, CAPL, RYI, AMRK, and CLMB

Should you be buying Ituran Location and Control stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ituran Location and Control include Vestis (VSTS), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Global Industrial (GIC), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Ryerson (RYI), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), and Climb Global Solutions (CLMB). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Ituran Location and Control vs.

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

Vestis currently has a consensus target price of $15.73, suggesting a potential downside of 4.01%. Given Vestis' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vestis is more favorable than Ituran Location and Control.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vestis
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Ituran Location and Control
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

97.4% of Vestis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vestis has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vestis pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ituran Location and Control pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Vestis pays out 87.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ituran Location and Control pays out 59.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ituran Location and Control is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 15.65% compared to Vestis' net margin of 0.75%. Ituran Location and Control's return on equity of 28.31% beat Vestis' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vestis0.75% 9.07% 2.65%
Ituran Location and Control 15.65%28.31%16.21%

In the previous week, Vestis and Vestis both had 4 articles in the media. Vestis' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Ituran Location and Control's score of 0.14 indicating that Vestis is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vestis
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ituran Location and Control
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ituran Location and Control has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vestis. Ituran Location and Control is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vestis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vestis$2.81B0.77$20.97M$0.16102.44
Ituran Location and Control$331.18M1.79$48.14M$2.6111.44

Ituran Location and Control received 225 more outperform votes than Vestis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.51% of users gave Ituran Location and Control an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Vestis an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VestisOutperform Votes
10
38.46%
Underperform Votes
16
61.54%
Ituran Location and ControlOutperform Votes
235
63.51%
Underperform Votes
135
36.49%

Summary

Ituran Location and Control beats Vestis on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ITRN vs. The Competition

MetricIturan Location and ControlElectronic parts & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$594.04M$4.22B$9.22B$9.07B
Dividend Yield5.09%3.75%2.08%4.22%
P/E Ratio11.4410.9821.0817.19
Price / Sales1.791.104.86116.80
Price / Cash8.9223.3819.2637.86
Price / Book3.302.444.244.78
Net Income$48.14M$419.99M$398.18M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.64%-1.95%-4.84%-1.24%
1 Month Performance4.77%2.45%-2.06%3.36%
1 Year Performance10.59%11.62%15.29%16.58%

Ituran Location and Control Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.1759 of 5 stars
$29.86
+1.7%
N/A+12.2%$594.04M$331.18M11.442,841High Trading Volume
VSTS
Vestis
2.5879 of 5 stars
$16.44
+2.4%
$15.73
-4.3%
-18.5%$2.16B$2.81B101.6310,800Positive News
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
2.0981 of 5 stars
$39.08
+1.5%
$43.00
+10.0%
+14.6%$1.83B$1.73B962.501,685
GLP
Global Partners
3.1441 of 5 stars
$52.27
-2.1%
$54.00
+3.3%
+16.7%$1.78B$17.39B16.125,060News Coverage
WKC
World Kinect
3.083 of 5 stars
$28.16
-0.4%
$30.20
+7.2%
+18.3%$1.64B$44.41B12.435,289Dividend Announcement
ASPN
Aspen Aerogels
3.5846 of 5 stars
$13.15
+0.1%
$28.70
+118.3%
-11.3%$1.08B$413.83M1,318.00548Positive News
Gap Down
GIC
Global Industrial
4.1108 of 5 stars
$26.87
-0.5%
N/A-35.3%$1.03B$1.33B15.881,870
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
1.3371 of 5 stars
$21.67
-2.4%
N/A-4.3%$824.48M$4.17B42.712,220
RYI
Ryerson
4.228 of 5 stars
$22.00
-1.2%
$28.00
+27.3%
-43.8%$700.63M$4.70B35.744,600News Coverage
Positive News
AMRK
A-Mark Precious Metals
4.2459 of 5 stars
$28.06
-1.3%
$46.33
+65.1%
-13.7%$650.54M$9.93B11.88380Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
CLMB
Climb Global Solutions
1.7312 of 5 stars
$133.50
+5.0%
$136.00
+1.9%
+118.8%$615.44M$352.01M34.45270Positive News

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