GMS (GMS) Competitors

US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and GMS (NYSE:GMS) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is USFD or GMS more profitable?

GMS has a net margin of 4.45% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.54%. GMS's return on equity of 22.02% beat US Foods' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
US Foods	1.54%	14.15%	5.05%
GMS	4.45%	22.02%	8.85%

Which has more volatility and risk, USFD or GMS?

US Foods has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GMS has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate USFD or GMS?

US Foods currently has a consensus price target of $71.09, suggesting a potential upside of 6.81%. GMS has a consensus price target of $91.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.92%. Given US Foods' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe US Foods is more favorable than GMS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
US Foods	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
GMS	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer USFD or GMS?

US Foods received 64 more outperform votes than GMS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.51% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 64.32% of users gave US Foods an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
US Foods	Outperform Votes 438 64.32%	Underperform Votes 243 35.68%
GMS	Outperform Votes 374 67.51%	Underperform Votes 180 32.49%

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

98.8% of US Foods shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of US Foods shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GMS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, USFD or GMS?

US Foods has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. GMS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, 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
US Foods	$35.60B	0.44	$506M	$2.33	28.57
GMS	$5.50B	0.70	$276.08M	$6.06	16.22

Does the media favor USFD or GMS?

In the previous week, US Foods had 6 more articles in the media than GMS. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for US Foods and 10 mentions for GMS. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat GMS's score of 0.03 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
US Foods	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GMS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

US Foods beats GMS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.