Genuine Parts (GPC) Competitors

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Is GPC or POOL more profitable?

Pool has a net margin of 8.42% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 4.67%. Pool's return on equity of 31.89% beat Genuine Parts' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genuine Parts	4.67%	27.23%	6.53%
Pool	8.42%	31.89%	12.39%

Do analysts rate GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts currently has a consensus price target of $141.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.61%. Pool has a consensus price target of $369.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.98%. Given Genuine Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Genuine Parts is more favorable than Pool.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genuine Parts	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Pool	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is GPC or POOL a better dividend stock?

Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Genuine Parts pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 41.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genuine Parts has increased its dividend for 69 consecutive years and Pool has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GPC or POOL?

In the previous week, Pool had 21 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Pool and 9 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Pool's score of 0.34 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genuine Parts	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pool	5 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. Genuine Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, 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
Genuine Parts	$23.09B	0.71	$1.32B	$7.77	15.23
Pool	$5.33B	2.42	$523.23M	$11.62	29.16

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GPC or POOL?

78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPC or POOL?

Pool received 116 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.41% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 47.78% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genuine Parts	Outperform Votes 312 47.78%	Underperform Votes 341 52.22%
Pool	Outperform Votes 428 61.41%	Underperform Votes 269 38.59%

Summary

Pool beats Genuine Parts on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.