GMS vs. BECN, BCC, ASPN, SGBX, WBA, YUMC, CASY, BBWI, TXRH, and KMX
Should you be buying GMS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GMS include Beacon Roofing Supply (BECN), Boise Cascade (BCC), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), Safe & Green (SGBX), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Yum China (YUMC), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), and CarMax (KMX).
Beacon Roofing Supply (NASDAQ:BECN) and GMS (NYSE:GMS) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and risk.
GMS has a net margin of 5.48% compared to GMS's net margin of 4.47%. GMS's return on equity of 26.39% beat Beacon Roofing Supply's return on equity.
Beacon Roofing Supply received 70 more outperform votes than GMS when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.03% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Beacon Roofing Supply an outperform vote.
Beacon Roofing Supply has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. Beacon Roofing Supply is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GMS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, GMS had 3 more articles in the media than Beacon Roofing Supply. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for GMS and 2 mentions for Beacon Roofing Supply. Beacon Roofing Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat GMS's score of 0.88 indicating that GMS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.5% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Beacon Roofing Supply shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of GMS shares are held 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.
Beacon Roofing Supply has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GMS has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Beacon Roofing Supply presently has a consensus target price of $109.45, indicating a potential upside of 14.18%. GMS has a consensus target price of $89.63, indicating a potential upside of 0.09%. Given GMS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Beacon Roofing Supply is more favorable than GMS.
Summary
GMS beats Beacon Roofing Supply on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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