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Ituran Location and Control (ITRN) Competitors

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$39.78 -0.72 (-1.78%)
Closing price 07/29/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$39.61 -0.17 (-0.43%)
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ITRN vs. CENT, GLP, WKC, DSGR, GIC, VSTS, CAPL, STKL, RYI, and MGPI

Should you be buying Ituran Location and Control stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ituran Location and Control include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Global Industrial (GIC), Vestis (VSTS), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), SunOpta (STKL), Ryerson (RYI), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Ituran Location and Control vs. Its Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) are both wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.

Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 16.35% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 3.90%. Ituran Location and Control's return on equity of 29.19% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet3.90% 10.14% 4.40%
Ituran Location and Control 16.35%29.19%16.95%

In the previous week, Ituran Location and Control had 2 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Ituran Location and Control and 3 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Ituran Location and Control's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 1.16 indicating that Ituran Location and Control is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ituran Location and Control
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than Ituran Location and Control. Ituran Location and Control is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Garden & Pet$3.20B0.81$107.98M$1.8721.09
Ituran Location and Control$336.26M2.35$53.65M$2.7814.31

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.45%. Ituran Location and Control has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.69%. Given Ituran Location and Control's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

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)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Ituran Location and Control
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Ituran Location and Control beats Central Garden & Pet on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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ITRN vs. The Competition

MetricIturan Location and ControlPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$805.69M$2.09B$7.69B$9.56B
Dividend Yield4.94%1.81%4.55%4.06%
P/E Ratio14.3144.2625.5819.95
Price / Sales2.353.6098.8389.38
Price / Cash10.9366.0827.9058.72
Price / Book4.148.964.435.77
Net Income$53.65M$110.42M$792.92M$259.21M
7 Day Performance-0.97%-3.35%-0.30%-2.38%
1 Month Performance2.71%2.33%4.44%9.43%
1 Year Performance50.85%155.83%30.49%16.67%

Ituran Location and Control Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.8977 of 5 stars
$39.78
-1.8%
$50.00
+25.7%
+49.9%$805.71M$337.69M14.312,892Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
1.6574 of 5 stars
$39.90
-0.5%
$40.00
+0.3%
-0.2%$2.63B$3.20B21.346,450Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GLP
Global Partners
3 of 5 stars
$51.08
-0.9%
$56.00
+9.6%
+33.1%$1.75B$17.16B16.214,840Positive News
Dividend Increase
WKC
World Kinect
2.5627 of 5 stars
$28.04
-0.2%
$29.00
+3.4%
+1.8%$1.59B$40.67B116.814,745Upcoming Earnings
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.7579 of 5 stars
$28.28
-0.9%
$40.50
+43.2%
-12.7%$1.33B$1.80B1,414.714,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
GIC
Global Industrial
3.6452 of 5 stars
$26.90
0.0%
N/A-23.1%$1.03B$1.32B17.031,845News Coverage
Earnings Report
VSTS
Vestis
3.4649 of 5 stars
$5.99
-3.5%
$9.25
+54.5%
-50.1%$817.05M$2.81B-33.2610,800Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
2.467 of 5 stars
$21.18
-0.2%
N/A+10.7%$808.43M$4.10B26.482,220Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
STKL
SunOpta
3.8664 of 5 stars
$6.26
-0.5%
$9.50
+51.8%
+19.6%$739.34M$723.73M44.931,248Upcoming Earnings
RYI
Ryerson
2.8933 of 5 stars
$23.13
+1.6%
$25.00
+8.1%
-14.1%$733.10M$4.50B-105.144,200News Coverage
Earnings Report
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.0096 of 5 stars
$30.12
+0.3%
$50.33
+67.1%
-61.3%$638.79M$703.62M66.93690

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This page (NASDAQ:ITRN) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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