CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CENT or CAPL?

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CENT or CAPL?

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus target price of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.38%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research 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

Is CENT or CAPL more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 3.37% compared to CrossAmerica Partners' net margin of 0.50%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 9.31% beat CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.37%	9.31%	4.03%
CrossAmerica Partners	0.50%	-104.40%	2.77%

Does the media favor CENT or CAPL?

In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 7 more articles in the media than CrossAmerica Partners. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 0 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat CrossAmerica Partners' score of 0.00 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	Positive
CrossAmerica Partners	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, CENT or CAPL?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CENT or CAPL?

CrossAmerica Partners received 99 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 60.24% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 60.24%	Underperform Votes 169 39.76%
CrossAmerica Partners	Outperform Votes 355 64.20%	Underperform Votes 198 35.80%

Which has higher 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	$3.20B	0.88	$107.98M	$1.62	26.63
CrossAmerica Partners	$4.17B	0.20	$42.59M	$0.52	41.93

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats CrossAmerica Partners on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.