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GIC vs. GMS, REZI, CENT, GLP, VSTS, WKC, DSGR, STKL, CAPL, and MGPI

Should you be buying Global Industrial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Global Industrial include GMS (GMS), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), Vestis (VSTS), World Kinect (WKC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), SunOpta (STKL), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Global Industrial vs.

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

In the previous week, GMS had 3 more articles in the media than Global Industrial. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for GMS and 8 mentions for Global Industrial. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat GMS's score of 0.13 indicating that Global Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Global Industrial
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
GMS
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

31.2% of Global Industrial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of GMS shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.3% of Global Industrial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GMS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Global Industrial$1.33B0.69$70.70M$1.7014.10
GMS$5.50B0.55$276.08M$5.4414.37

Global Industrial has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GMS has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

GMS received 373 more outperform votes than Global Industrial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.73% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 18.18% of users gave Global Industrial an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Global IndustrialOutperform Votes
2
18.18%
Underperform Votes
9
81.82%
GMSOutperform Votes
375
66.73%
Underperform Votes
187
33.27%

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
Global Industrial4.92% 24.53% 12.41%
GMS 3.92%20.67%8.05%

GMS has a consensus target price of $93.57, suggesting a potential upside of 19.73%. Given GMS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GMS is more favorable than Global Industrial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Global Industrial
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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GIC vs. The Competition

MetricGlobal IndustrialIndustrial machinery & equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$940.48M$1.62B$9.06B$20.07B
Dividend Yield4.08%3.78%2.09%3.65%
P/E Ratio14.1017.6416.7834.90
Price / Sales0.690.634.1215.64
Price / Cash12.109.8522.2520.85
Price / Book3.582.824.494.92
Net Income$70.70M$104.20M$424.79M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.30%-7.27%-2.83%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-4.94%-9.96%-5.46%-1.09%
1 Year Performance-45.57%10.40%29.53%13.70%

Global Industrial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GIC
Global Industrial
4.4339 of 5 stars
$23.98
-2.5%
N/A-46.0%$940.48M$1.33B14.101,870Analyst Revision
GMS
GMS
3.2625 of 5 stars
$83.24
-0.3%
$93.57
+12.4%
-10.5%$3.23B$5.50B15.307,624
REZI
Resideo Technologies
4.194 of 5 stars
$21.89
-0.3%
$25.00
+14.2%
-8.3%$3.22B$6.24B19.7214,000Earnings Report
News Coverage
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.6553 of 5 stars
$38.75
-0.9%
$46.75
+20.6%
-13.0%$2.54B$3.20B21.296,450Analyst Revision
GLP
Global Partners
1.7608 of 5 stars
$57.50
+0.6%
$54.00
-6.1%
+23.9%$1.96B$16.49B17.375,060Upcoming Earnings
VSTS
Vestis
2.2133 of 5 stars
$13.71
-0.1%
$14.08
+2.7%
-32.5%$1.81B$2.81B171.4510,800Positive News
WKC
World Kinect
2.8856 of 5 stars
$27.32
-3.0%
$30.20
+10.5%
+29.1%$1.59B$47.71B12.145,289Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.1964 of 5 stars
$30.44
+0.1%
$43.00
+41.3%
-9.3%$1.43B$1.73B761.191,685
STKL
SunOpta
3.5766 of 5 stars
$7.64
+2.0%
$9.50
+24.3%
+20.1%$914.13M$630.30M-42.441,174Positive News
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
2.1307 of 5 stars
$22.72
+0.4%
N/A+3.2%$864.50M$4.39B43.692,220Positive News
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.6516 of 5 stars
$33.15
+2.4%
$71.29
+115.0%
-64.9%$727.64M$836.52M6.89690

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