GMS (GMS) Competitors

GMS (NYSE:GMS) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GMS or CNM?

GMS received 322 more outperform votes than Core & Main when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GMS	Outperform Votes 376 66.08%	Underperform Votes 193 33.92%
Core & Main	Outperform Votes 54 45.76%	Underperform Votes 64 54.24%

Does the media favor GMS or CNM?

In the previous week, GMS had 4 more articles in the media than Core & Main. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for GMS and 12 mentions for Core & Main. Core & Main's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat GMS's score of 0.46 indicating that Core & Main is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GMS	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Core & Main	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

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

95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, GMS or CNM?

GMS has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GMS or CNM?

GMS currently has a consensus target price of $80.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Core & Main has a consensus target price of $57.55, suggesting a potential upside of 9.80%. Given Core & Main's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Core & Main 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
Core & Main	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Is GMS or CNM more profitable?

Core & Main has a net margin of 5.71% compared to GMS's net margin of 3.92%. Core & Main's return on equity of 24.71% beat GMS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%
Core & Main	5.71%	24.71%	7.00%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GMS or CNM?

Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. GMS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core & Main, 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	0.50	$276.08M	$3.61	20.37
Core & Main	$7.44B	1.39	$371M	$2.12	24.72

Summary

Core & Main beats GMS on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.