CNM vs. AENT, GNLN, VRSK, IT, EFX, RKT, APP, GPN, VLTO, and KSPI
Should you be buying Core & Main stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core & Main include Alliance Entertainment (AENT), Greenlane (GNLN), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Gartner (IT), Equifax (EFX), Rocket Companies (RKT), AppLovin (APP), Global Payments (GPN), Veralto (VLTO), and Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz (KSPI).
Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ:AENT) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Core & Main received 37 more outperform votes than Alliance Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Alliance Entertainment an outperform vote while only 39.58% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.
Alliance Entertainment has a beta of 0.47, meaning that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Core & Main had 25 more articles in the media than Alliance Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Core & Main and 2 mentions for Alliance Entertainment. Core & Main's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Alliance Entertainment's score of 0.21 indicating that Alliance Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alliance Entertainment presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 99.34%. Core & Main has a consensus target price of $51.08, suggesting a potential upside of 7.52%. Given Core & Main's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alliance Entertainment is more favorable than Core & Main.
Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Entertainment. Alliance Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core & Main, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
0.3% of Alliance Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.7% of Alliance Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Core & Main has a net margin of 5.53% compared to Core & Main's net margin of -0.23%. Alliance Entertainment's return on equity of 20.01% beat Core & Main's return on equity.
Summary
Core & Main beats Alliance Entertainment on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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