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Ituran Location and Control (ITRN) Competitors

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$39.39 +0.60 (+1.55%)
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ITRN vs. CENT, GLP, WKC, DSGR, GIC, VSTS, CAPL, RYI, STKL, 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), Ryerson (RYI), SunOpta (STKL), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Ituran Location and Control vs. Its Competitors

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

Ituran Location and Control currently has a consensus target price of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.94%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 10.01%. Given Ituran Location and Control's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ituran Location and Control
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
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 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
Ituran Location and Control16.35% 29.19% 16.95%
Central Garden & Pet 3.90%10.14%4.40%

In the previous week, Ituran Location and Control had 1 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Ituran Location and Control and 0 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat Ituran Location and Control's score of 1.84 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ituran Location and Control Very Positive
Central Garden & Pet Very Positive

94.8% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Ituran Location and Control shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by 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.

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
Ituran Location and Control$336.26M2.33$53.65M$2.7814.17
Central Garden & Pet$3.20B0.74$107.98M$1.8719.44

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

Summary

Ituran Location and Control beats Central Garden & Pet on 10 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$771.67M$2.09B$7.48B$8.87B
Dividend Yield5.16%1.88%4.55%4.10%
P/E Ratio14.1738.9524.7319.88
Price / Sales2.334.60111.02113.66
Price / Cash10.4760.2427.2756.90
Price / Book4.109.674.335.38
Net Income$53.65M$110.42M$791.63M$248.50M
7 Day Performance7.30%5.12%2.05%2.97%
1 Month Performance0.54%8.15%5.15%6.02%
1 Year Performance60.78%185.49%31.97%20.39%

Ituran Location and Control Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
4.2648 of 5 stars
$39.39
+1.5%
$50.00
+26.9%
+59.8%$771.67M$336.26M14.172,892Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.0705 of 5 stars
$35.18
-0.5%
$40.00
+13.7%
-7.1%$2.32B$3.20B18.816,450
GLP
Global Partners
2.7325 of 5 stars
$52.73
+0.3%
$56.00
+6.2%
+11.3%$1.79B$17.16B16.744,840
WKC
World Kinect
1.5998 of 5 stars
$28.37
+0.7%
$29.00
+2.2%
+12.4%$1.60B$42.17B118.214,745
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.8962 of 5 stars
$27.47
-0.7%
$40.50
+47.4%
-2.7%$1.28B$1.80B1,374.194,400News Coverage
Positive News
GIC
Global Industrial
3.7207 of 5 stars
$26.95
-1.6%
N/A-9.0%$1.05B$1.32B17.061,845
VSTS
Vestis
4.6881 of 5 stars
$5.75
-5.9%
$11.75
+104.3%
-47.9%$805.19M$2.81B-31.9410,800
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
1.3324 of 5 stars
$20.79
-0.5%
N/A+5.4%$796.24M$4.10B25.992,220
RYI
Ryerson
1.4919 of 5 stars
$21.63
-2.1%
$25.00
+15.6%
+16.4%$711.53M$4.60B-98.324,200News Coverage
Positive News
STKL
SunOpta
3.6258 of 5 stars
$5.80
-1.2%
$9.50
+63.8%
+14.1%$689.97M$723.73M-44.621,248Positive News
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.3607 of 5 stars
$29.97
+0.5%
$50.33
+67.9%
-56.2%$634.11M$703.62M66.60690

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This page (NASDAQ:ITRN) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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