Pool (POOL) Competitors

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility & risk, GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. Genuine Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, 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
Genuine Parts	$23.30B	0.72	$1.32B	$7.77	15.54
Pool	$5.54B	2.48	$523.23M	$11.62	31.07

Does the media prefer GPC or POOL?

In the previous week, Pool had 20 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Pool and 19 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Pool's score of 0.56 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genuine Parts	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pool	18 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPC or POOL?

Pool received 117 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 47.70% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genuine Parts	Outperform Votes 311 47.70%	Underperform Votes 341 52.30%
Pool	Outperform Votes 428 61.67%	Underperform Votes 266 38.33%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GPC or POOL?

78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GPC or POOL more profitable?

Pool has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 4.67%. Pool's return on equity of 31.89% beat Genuine Parts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genuine Parts	4.67%	27.23%	6.53%
Pool	8.42%	31.89%	12.39%

Is GPC or POOL a better dividend stock?

Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Genuine Parts pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years and Pool has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts currently has a consensus target price of $139.57, suggesting a potential upside of 15.58%. Pool has a consensus target price of $369.11, suggesting a potential upside of 2.25%. Given Genuine Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Genuine Parts is more favorable than Pool.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genuine Parts	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Pool	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Summary

Pool beats Genuine Parts on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.