CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL) Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and CrossAmerica Partners (NYSE:CAPL) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.

Is CENT or CAPL more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 4.42% compared to CrossAmerica Partners' net margin of 0.50%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.66% beat CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	4.42%	10.66%	4.59%
CrossAmerica Partners	0.50%	-104.40%	2.77%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CENT or CAPL?

Central Garden & Pet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than CrossAmerica Partners. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrossAmerica Partners, 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
Central Garden & Pet	$3.31B	0.75	$125.64M	$2.17	17.03
CrossAmerica Partners	$4.39B	0.17	$42.59M	$0.52	38.75

Which has more risk & volatility, CENT or CAPL?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CENT or CAPL?

CrossAmerica Partners received 100 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.20% of users gave CrossAmerica Partners an outperform vote while only 60.14% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 255 60.14%	Underperform Votes 169 39.86%
CrossAmerica Partners	Outperform Votes 355 64.20%	Underperform Votes 198 35.80%

Do analysts prefer CENT or CAPL?

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus target price of $47.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.66%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than CrossAmerica Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
CrossAmerica Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer CENT or CAPL?

In the previous week, CrossAmerica Partners had 2 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners and 1 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat CrossAmerica Partners' score of -0.29 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	Neutral
CrossAmerica Partners	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CENT or CAPL?

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats CrossAmerica Partners on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.