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$86.01 +0.57 (+0.67%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

GMS vs. PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, REZI, CENT, VSTS, DSGR, and GLP

Should you be buying GMS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GMS include Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Vestis (VSTS), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), and Global Partners (GLP). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

GMS vs.

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

GMS presently has a consensus price target of $95.43, indicating a potential upside of 10.95%. Performance Food Group has a consensus price target of $94.33, indicating a potential upside of 11.78%. Given Performance Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than GMS.

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
Performance Food Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

GMS has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Performance Food Group's net margin of 0.72%. GMS's return on equity of 20.67% beat Performance Food Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GMS3.92% 20.67% 8.05%
Performance Food Group 0.72%16.66%5.02%

GMS has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Performance Food Group had 10 more articles in the media than GMS. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Performance Food Group and 8 mentions for GMS. Performance Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat GMS's score of 0.51 indicating that Performance Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GMS
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Performance Food Group
5 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Performance Food Group received 56 more outperform votes than GMS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.84% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 64.33% of users gave Performance Food Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GMSOutperform Votes
375
66.84%
Underperform Votes
186
33.16%
Performance Food GroupOutperform Votes
431
64.33%
Underperform Votes
239
35.67%

95.3% of GMS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Performance Food Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Performance Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. GMS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GMS$5.59B0.60$276.08M$5.4415.81
Performance Food Group$58.76B0.22$435.90M$2.7131.14

Summary

Performance Food Group beats GMS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GMS vs. The Competition

MetricGMSLumber & other construction materials IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.32B$3.06B$24.53B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A0.63%167.13%3.63%
P/E Ratio15.81250.28109.0041.24
Price / Sales0.600.933.1317.51
Price / Cash7.906.8021.7721.28
Price / Book2.272.445.425.32
Net Income$276.08M$224.53M$676.04M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-5.48%-5.33%-2.92%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-15.43%-13.54%-0.74%-4.73%
1 Year Performance4.65%-20.12%9.28%11.57%

GMS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GMS
GMS
3.8736 of 5 stars
$86.01
+0.7%
$95.43
+11.0%
+4.3%$3.32B$5.59B15.817,624High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.8398 of 5 stars
$88.92
+0.3%
$94.27
+6.0%
+22.7%$13.85B$58.76B32.7137,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CNM
Core & Main
3.2705 of 5 stars
$52.68
+0.9%
$58.10
+10.3%
+26.3%$10.60B$7.18B24.515,000Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.3802 of 5 stars
$141.51
+0.2%
$156.44
+10.6%
-16.5%$6.38B$4.30B45.918,230Positive News
INGM
Ingram Micro
N/A$21.28
+0.9%
$27.86
+30.9%
N/A$5.00B$47.66B0.0024,150
AVT
Avnet
4.4639 of 5 stars
$54.15
0.0%
$48.50
-10.4%
+6.7%$4.71B$23.03B14.1815,462
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.7239 of 5 stars
$26.49
+1.1%
$25.00
-5.6%
+30.1%$3.89B$6.24B23.5914,000Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
2.0951 of 5 stars
$40.94
+0.5%
$46.75
+14.2%
+27.4%$2.69B$3.20B25.146,450
VSTS
Vestis
2.5927 of 5 stars
$16.38
+2.1%
$15.73
-3.9%
-21.0%$2.15B$2.81B101.6310,800Gap Up
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
2.0972 of 5 stars
$39.09
+1.5%
$43.00
+10.0%
+13.7%$1.83B$1.73B962.501,685
GLP
Global Partners
3.1459 of 5 stars
$52.36
-1.9%
$54.00
+3.1%
+15.0%$1.78B$17.39B16.125,060News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:GMS) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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