CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL) Competitors

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

Is CAPL or GMS 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
CrossAmerica Partners	0.50%	-104.40%	2.77%
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CAPL or GMS?

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
CrossAmerica Partners	$4.39B	0.20	$42.59M	$0.52	43.95
GMS	$5.50B	0.55	$276.08M	$5.44	14.37

Which has more volatility and risk, CAPL or GMS?

CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GMS has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAPL or GMS?

GMS received 20 more outperform votes than CrossAmerica Partners when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.73% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 64.20% of users gave CrossAmerica Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CrossAmerica Partners	Outperform Votes 355 64.20%	Underperform Votes 198 35.80%
GMS	Outperform Votes 375 66.73%	Underperform Votes 187 33.27%

Do analysts rate CAPL or GMS?

GMS has a consensus target price of $93.57, indicating a potential upside of 19.73%. Given GMS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GMS is more favorable than CrossAmerica Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CrossAmerica Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
GMS	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Does the media refer more to CAPL or GMS?

In the previous week, GMS had 6 more articles in the media than CrossAmerica Partners. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for GMS and 3 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners. CrossAmerica Partners' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat GMS's score of 0.13 indicating that CrossAmerica Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CrossAmerica Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GMS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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

24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of GMS shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GMS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

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