Central Garden & Pet (CENT) Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and SiteOne Landscape Supply (NYSE:SITE) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CENT or SITE?

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of SiteOne Landscape Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend CENT or SITE?

Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 21.25%. SiteOne Landscape Supply has a consensus target price of $145.70, suggesting a potential upside of 16.37%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than SiteOne Landscape Supply.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
SiteOne Landscape Supply	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENT or SITE?

SiteOne Landscape Supply received 30 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.95% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 53.36% of users gave SiteOne Landscape Supply an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 256 59.95%	Underperform Votes 171 40.05%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	Outperform Votes 286 53.36%	Underperform Votes 250 46.64%

Which has more volatility and risk, CENT or SITE?

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SiteOne Landscape Supply has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, CENT or SITE?

SiteOne Landscape Supply has higher revenue and earnings than Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SiteOne Landscape Supply, 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
Central Garden & Pet	$3.16B	0.74	$107.98M	$1.87	19.11
SiteOne Landscape Supply	$4.58B	1.23	$123.60M	$2.51	49.88

Does the media favor CENT or SITE?

In the previous week, SiteOne Landscape Supply had 4 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for SiteOne Landscape Supply and 8 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. SiteOne Landscape Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.91 indicating that SiteOne Landscape Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SiteOne Landscape Supply	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CENT or SITE more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 3.77% compared to SiteOne Landscape Supply's net margin of 2.72%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.08% beat SiteOne Landscape Supply's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet	3.77%	10.08%	4.38%
SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.72%	7.93%	3.98%

Summary

SiteOne Landscape Supply beats Central Garden & Pet on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.