Vestis (VSTS) Competitors

Vestis (NYSE:VSTS) and SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, VSTS or SITE?

Vestis has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VSTS or SITE?

97.4% of Vestis shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Vestis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is VSTS or SITE more profitable?

SiteOne Landscape Supply has a net margin of 2.72% compared to Vestis' net margin of 0.34%. SiteOne Landscape Supply's return on equity of 7.93% beat Vestis' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vestis	0.34%	7.91%	2.36%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.72%	7.93%	3.98%

Do analysts rate VSTS or SITE?

Vestis currently has a consensus price target of $13.68, suggesting a potential upside of 34.65%. SiteOne Landscape Supply has a consensus price target of $154.56, suggesting a potential upside of 20.92%. Given Vestis' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vestis is more favorable than SiteOne Landscape Supply.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vestis	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88
SiteOne Landscape Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VSTS or SITE?

SiteOne Landscape Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Vestis. SiteOne Landscape Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vestis, 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
Vestis	$2.77B	0.48	$20.97M	$0.08	127.00
SiteOne Landscape Supply	$4.54B	1.27	$123.60M	$2.69	47.52

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VSTS or SITE?

SiteOne Landscape Supply received 275 more outperform votes than Vestis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.98% of users gave SiteOne Landscape Supply an outperform vote while only 35.71% of users gave Vestis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vestis	Outperform Votes 10 35.71%	Underperform Votes 18 64.29%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	Outperform Votes 285 53.98%	Underperform Votes 243 46.02%

Does the media refer more to VSTS or SITE?

In the previous week, Vestis had 6 more articles in the media than SiteOne Landscape Supply. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vestis and 8 mentions for SiteOne Landscape Supply. SiteOne Landscape Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Vestis' score of 0.26 indicating that SiteOne Landscape Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vestis	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
SiteOne Landscape Supply	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

SiteOne Landscape Supply beats Vestis on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.