CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL) Competitors

GMS (NYSE:GMS) and CrossAmerica Partners (NYSE:CAPL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GMS or CAPL?

GMS received 17 more outperform votes than CrossAmerica Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 64.45% of users gave CrossAmerica Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GMS	Outperform Votes 376 66.08%	Underperform Votes 193 33.92%
CrossAmerica Partners	Outperform Votes 359 64.45%	Underperform Votes 198 35.55%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GMS or CAPL?

GMS has higher revenue and earnings than CrossAmerica Partners. GMS 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
GMS	$5.59B	0.52	$276.08M	$3.61	20.89
CrossAmerica Partners	$4.10B	0.23	$42.59M	$0.52	46.60

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GMS or CAPL?

95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GMS or CAPL more profitable?

GMS has a net margin of 3.92% compared to CrossAmerica Partners' net margin of 0.50%. GMS's return on equity of 20.67% beat CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%
CrossAmerica Partners	0.50%	-104.40%	2.77%

Do analysts rate GMS or CAPL?

GMS currently has a consensus price target of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.74%. Given GMS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GMS is more favorable than CrossAmerica Partners.

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
CrossAmerica Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, GMS or CAPL?

GMS has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GMS or CAPL?

In the previous week, GMS had 9 more articles in the media than CrossAmerica Partners. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GMS and 4 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners. CrossAmerica Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat GMS's score of 0.33 indicating that CrossAmerica Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GMS	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
CrossAmerica Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

GMS beats CrossAmerica Partners on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.