A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK) Competitors

Global Partners (NYSE:GLP) and A-Mark Precious Metals (NASDAQ:AMRK) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend GLP or AMRK?

Global Partners currently has a consensus price target of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.13%. A-Mark Precious Metals has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.39%. Given A-Mark Precious Metals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe A-Mark Precious Metals is more favorable than Global Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
A-Mark Precious Metals	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is GLP or AMRK a better dividend stock?

Global Partners pays an annual dividend of $2.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. A-Mark Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Global Partners pays out 94.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. A-Mark Precious Metals pays out 54.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Global Partners has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Global Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is GLP or AMRK more profitable?

Global Partners has a net margin of 0.76% compared to A-Mark Precious Metals' net margin of 0.32%. Global Partners' return on equity of 21.10% beat A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Partners	0.76%	21.10%	3.57%
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.32%	8.04%	2.73%

Does the media refer more to GLP or AMRK?

In the previous week, Global Partners had 2 more articles in the media than A-Mark Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Partners and 2 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.91 beat Global Partners' score of 0.67 indicating that A-Mark Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Partners	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
A-Mark Precious Metals	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, GLP or AMRK?

Global Partners has higher revenue and earnings than A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Partners, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Partners	$17.16B	0.10	$94.98M	$3.15	16.44
A-Mark Precious Metals	$9.70B	0.06	$68.55M	$1.48	14.93

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GLP or AMRK?

38.1% of Global Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.3% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by institutional investors. 41.5% of Global Partners shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GLP or AMRK?

Global Partners has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of 0.22, suggesting that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Global Partners beats A-Mark Precious Metals on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.