CAPL vs. GMS, REZI, CENT, GLP, VSTS, WKC, DSGR, GIC, STKL, and MGPI
Should you be buying CrossAmerica Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossAmerica Partners include GMS (GMS), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), Vestis (VSTS), World Kinect (WKC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Industrial (GIC), SunOpta (STKL), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
CrossAmerica Partners vs.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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This page (NYSE:CAPL) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff