GMS vs. BECN, WEN, URBN, SG, JWN, RUSHA, CPRI, RUSHB, BOOT, and SHAK
Should you be buying GMS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GMS include Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Wendy's (WEN), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Sweetgreen (SG), Nordstrom (JWN), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Capri (CPRI), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Boot Barn (BOOT), and Shake Shack (SHAK). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) and GMS (NYSE:GMS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
98.5% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of GMS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GMS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Beacon Roofing Supply received 70 more outperform votes than GMS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.97% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 60.75% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote.
Beacon Roofing Supply has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. Beacon Roofing Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GMS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GMS has a net margin of 5.48% compared to GMS's net margin of 4.47%. GMS's return on equity of 26.39% beat Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity.
In the previous week, GMS had 5 more articles in the media than Beacon Roofing Supply. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for GMS and 8 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply. GMS's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Beacon Roofing Supply's score of 0.28 indicating that Beacon Roofing Supply is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Beacon Roofing Supply currently has a consensus target price of $107.64, suggesting a potential upside of 12.02%. GMS has a consensus target price of $89.63, suggesting a potential downside of 4.59%. Given GMS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than GMS.
Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GMS has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Beacon Roofing Supply and GMS tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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