GPC vs. POOL, LKQ, WEYS, VOXX, STLA, PCAR, GM, F, CMI, and LI
Should you be buying Genuine Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genuine Parts include Pool (POOL), LKQ (LKQ), Weyco Group (WEYS), VOXX International (VOXX), Stellantis (STLA), PACCAR (PCAR), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Cummins (CMI), and Li Auto (LI).
Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Genuine Parts pays out 44.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 37.6% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $171.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.87%. Pool has a consensus target price of $391.80, indicating a potential upside of 7.77%. Given Genuine Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Genuine Parts is more favorable than Pool.
Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Pool received 120 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.95% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 48.25% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.
78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Pool had 41 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Pool and 7 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Pool's score of 0.12 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pool has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 5.46%. Pool's return on equity of 35.49% beat Genuine Parts' return on equity.
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.
Summary
Pool beats Genuine Parts on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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