Pool (POOL) Competitors

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

Is POOL or GPC a better dividend stock?

Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Pool pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genuine Parts pays out 51.5% 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. Pool has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 69 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is POOL or GPC 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
Pool	8.42%	31.89%	12.39%
Genuine Parts	4.67%	27.23%	6.53%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor POOL or GPC?

Pool received 115 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.32% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 47.79% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Pool	Outperform Votes 428 61.32%	Underperform Votes 270 38.68%
Genuine Parts	Outperform Votes 313 47.79%	Underperform Votes 342 52.21%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of POOL or GPC?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, POOL or GPC?

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
Pool	$5.54B	2.41	$523.23M	$11.62	30.14
Genuine Parts	$23.09B	0.71	$1.32B	$7.77	15.24

Does the media refer more to POOL or GPC?

In the previous week, Pool had 23 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Pool and 23 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Pool's score of 0.27 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Pool	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Genuine Parts	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend POOL or GPC?

Pool currently has a consensus price target of $369.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.42%. Genuine Parts has a consensus price target of $141.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.48%. Given Genuine Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genuine Parts is more favorable than Pool.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pool	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Genuine Parts	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more risk & volatility, POOL or GPC?

Pool has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pool beats Genuine Parts on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.