Vestis (VSTS) Competitors

Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) and Vestis (NYSE:VSTS) are both business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in INGM or VSTS?

97.4% of Vestis shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Vestis shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor INGM or VSTS?

Ingram Micro received 8 more outperform votes than Vestis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave Ingram Micro an outperform vote while only 34.48% of users gave Vestis an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ingram Micro	Outperform Votes 18 66.67%	Underperform Votes 9 33.33%
Vestis	Outperform Votes 10 34.48%	Underperform Votes 19 65.52%

Does the media prefer INGM or VSTS?

In the previous week, Vestis had 6 more articles in the media than Ingram Micro. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Vestis and 5 mentions for Ingram Micro. Vestis' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Ingram Micro's score of 0.92 indicating that Vestis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ingram Micro	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vestis	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate INGM or VSTS?

Ingram Micro currently has a consensus target price of $26.64, suggesting a potential upside of 69.16%. Vestis has a consensus target price of $13.08, suggesting a potential upside of 67.05%. Given Ingram Micro's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ingram Micro is more favorable than Vestis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ingram Micro	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Vestis	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, INGM or VSTS?

Ingram Micro has higher revenue and earnings than Vestis.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ingram Micro	$47.98B	0.08	$352.71M	N/A	N/A
Vestis	$2.77B	0.37	$20.97M	$0.08	97.88

Is INGM or VSTS more profitable?

Vestis has a net margin of 0.34% compared to Ingram Micro's net margin of 0.00%. Vestis' return on equity of 7.91% beat Ingram Micro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ingram Micro	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vestis	0.34%	7.91%	2.36%

Is INGM or VSTS a better dividend stock?

Ingram Micro pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Vestis pays an annual dividend of $0.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Vestis pays out 175.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Ingram Micro beats Vestis on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.