MGP Ingredients (MGPI) Competitors

GMS (NYSE:GMS) and MGP Ingredients (NASDAQ:MGPI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is GMS or MGPI more profitable?

MGP Ingredients has a net margin of 14.44% compared to GMS's net margin of 3.92%. GMS's return on equity of 20.67% beat MGP Ingredients' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%
MGP Ingredients	14.44%	14.39%	8.95%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GMS or MGPI?

GMS has higher revenue and earnings than MGP Ingredients. MGP Ingredients 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
GMS	$5.50B	0.59	$276.08M	$5.44	15.49
MGP Ingredients	$836.52M	0.95	$107.47M	$4.81	7.49

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GMS or MGPI?

GMS received 103 more outperform votes than MGP Ingredients when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.73% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 61.68% of users gave MGP Ingredients an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GMS	Outperform Votes 375 66.73%	Underperform Votes 187 33.27%
MGP Ingredients	Outperform Votes 272 61.68%	Underperform Votes 169 38.32%

Which has more risk and volatility, GMS or MGPI?

GMS has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GMS or MGPI?

In the previous week, MGP Ingredients had 12 more articles in the media than GMS. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for MGP Ingredients and 12 mentions for GMS. GMS's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat MGP Ingredients' score of 0.12 indicating that GMS is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GMS	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
MGP Ingredients	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GMS or MGPI?

95.3% of GMS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.2% of MGP Ingredients 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.

Do analysts rate GMS or MGPI?

GMS presently has a consensus price target of $93.57, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. MGP Ingredients has a consensus price target of $71.29, indicating a potential upside of 97.74%. Given MGP Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than GMS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GMS	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
MGP Ingredients	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Summary

GMS beats MGP Ingredients on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.