A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate GLP or AMRK?

Global Partners currently has a consensus target price of $56.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.12%. A-Mark Precious Metals has a consensus target price of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 52.78%. 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

Does the media prefer GLP or AMRK?

In the previous week, Global Partners had 6 more articles in the media than A-Mark Precious Metals. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Global Partners and 1 mentions for A-Mark Precious Metals. A-Mark Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.92 beat Global Partners' score of 0.48 indicating that A-Mark Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Global Partners	Neutral
A-Mark Precious Metals	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GLP or AMRK?

Global Partners received 71 more outperform votes than A-Mark Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.10% of users gave A-Mark Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 55.62% of users gave Global Partners an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Partners	Outperform Votes 287 55.62%	Underperform Votes 229 44.38%
A-Mark Precious Metals	Outperform Votes 216 56.10%	Underperform Votes 169 43.90%

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 5.5%. A-Mark Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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.

Do insiders & institutionals believe 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 48.6% of A-Mark Precious Metals shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, GLP or AMRK?

Global Partners has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, A-Mark Precious Metals has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GLP or AMRK more profitable?

Global Partners has a net margin of 0.82% compared to A-Mark Precious Metals' net margin of 0.46%. Global Partners' return on equity of 22.07% beat A-Mark Precious Metals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Partners	0.82%	22.07%	3.94%
A-Mark Precious Metals	0.46%	9.29%	3.24%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	$17.61B	0.10	$142.60M	$3.15	17.24
A-Mark Precious Metals	$10.99B	0.05	$68.55M	$1.48	14.59

Summary

Global Partners beats A-Mark Precious Metals on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.