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AENT vs. CAPL, ITRN, VSTS, STKL, RYI, ASPN, MGPI, CLMB, AMRK, and HDSN

Should you be buying Alliance Entertainment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Alliance Entertainment include CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Vestis (VSTS), SunOpta (STKL), Ryerson (RYI), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), MGP Ingredients (MGPI), Climb Global Solutions (CLMB), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), and Hudson Technologies (HDSN). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Alliance Entertainment vs. Its Competitors

Alliance Entertainment (NASDAQ:AENT) and CrossAmerica Partners (NYSE:CAPL) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

0.3% of Alliance Entertainment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are held by institutional investors. 81.9% of Alliance Entertainment shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

CrossAmerica Partners has a net margin of 1.19% compared to Alliance Entertainment's net margin of 1.10%. Alliance Entertainment's return on equity of 15.59% beat CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alliance Entertainment1.10% 15.59% 3.86%
CrossAmerica Partners 1.19%-35.03%2.09%

In the previous week, CrossAmerica Partners had 10 more articles in the media than Alliance Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners and 1 mentions for Alliance Entertainment. Alliance Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat CrossAmerica Partners' score of 0.01 indicating that Alliance Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alliance Entertainment
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CrossAmerica Partners
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Alliance Entertainment has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alliance Entertainment presently has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 100.00%. Given Alliance Entertainment's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alliance Entertainment is more favorable than CrossAmerica Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alliance Entertainment
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
CrossAmerica Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

CrossAmerica Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Alliance Entertainment. CrossAmerica Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliance Entertainment, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliance Entertainment$1.10B0.23$4.58M$0.2420.83
CrossAmerica Partners$4.10B0.19$19.89M$1.1317.96

Summary

Alliance Entertainment beats CrossAmerica Partners on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AENT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AENT vs. The Competition

MetricAlliance EntertainmentMEDIA CONGLOM IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$264.98M$15.90B$8.03B$9.61B
Dividend YieldN/A2.81%3.22%4.14%
P/E Ratio20.8346.8219.8424.84
Price / Sales0.232.874.7098.72
Price / Cash23.4016.7516.2558.36
Price / Book2.911.884.355.65
Net Income$4.58M-$285.69M$218.18M$265.77M
7 Day Performance1.42%-1.09%3.02%4.62%
1 Month Performance-10.07%-2.65%-1.75%0.77%
1 Year Performance170.27%42.07%20.41%22.14%

Alliance Entertainment Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AENT
Alliance Entertainment
3.7387 of 5 stars
$5.00
-3.8%
$10.00
+100.0%
+182.5%$264.98M$1.10B20.83847
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
2.4634 of 5 stars
$20.00
-7.2%
N/A+1.2%$821M$4.10B25.002,220News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.0901 of 5 stars
$39.60
+2.3%
$50.00
+26.3%
+61.5%$770.08M$336.26M14.242,892Positive News
VSTS
Vestis
3.9775 of 5 stars
$5.97
+4.1%
$9.25
+55.1%
-62.2%$755.11M$2.81B-33.1410,800Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
STKL
SunOpta
3.9553 of 5 stars
$5.50
-3.5%
$9.50
+72.7%
+4.7%$669.99M$723.73M-42.311,248News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
RYI
Ryerson
3.1059 of 5 stars
$20.72
+0.4%
$25.00
+20.6%
+8.6%$664.59M$4.60B-46.054,200
ASPN
Aspen Aerogels
3.6239 of 5 stars
$7.85
+3.3%
$18.44
+135.0%
-64.9%$624M$452.70M-2.25420Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.2466 of 5 stars
$28.54
+2.2%
$50.33
+76.4%
-67.5%$594.71M$703.62M-92.06690Dividend Announcement
CLMB
Climb Global Solutions
3.2165 of 5 stars
$107.32
-3.5%
$136.00
+26.7%
+41.0%$512.02M$578.44M22.27270Positive News
AMRK
A-Mark Precious Metals
4.7373 of 5 stars
$20.95
+1.8%
$33.00
+57.5%
-36.6%$506.53M$9.70B14.16380Positive News
HDSN
Hudson Technologies
2.0515 of 5 stars
$9.93
+4.0%
$8.63
-13.1%
+21.7%$415.24M$237.12M24.83220High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:AENT) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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