Global Industrial (GIC) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer GMS or GIC?

In the previous week, GMS had 11 more articles in the media than Global Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GMS and 2 mentions for Global Industrial. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat GMS's score of 0.33 indicating that Global Industrial 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
Global Industrial	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GMS or GIC more profitable?

Global Industrial has a net margin of 4.92% compared to GMS's net margin of 3.92%. Global Industrial's return on equity of 24.53% beat GMS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%
Global Industrial	4.92%	24.53%	12.41%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GMS or GIC?

GMS received 374 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GMS	Outperform Votes 376 66.08%	Underperform Votes 193 33.92%
Global Industrial	Outperform Votes 2 18.18%	Underperform Votes 9 81.82%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GMS or GIC?

GMS has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. Global Industrial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GMS, 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
Global Industrial	$1.32B	0.68	$70.70M	$1.57	14.80

Do analysts prefer GMS or GIC?

GMS currently has a consensus target price of $80.50, indicating 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 Global Industrial.

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
Global Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GMS or GIC?

95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of Global Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GMS or GIC?

GMS has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Industrial has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GMS beats Global Industrial on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.