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Ituran Location and Control (ITRN) Competitors

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$37.05 -0.63 (-1.67%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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$37.04 -0.01 (-0.03%)
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ITRN vs. CENT, GLP, WKC, GIC, DSGR, CAPL, RYI, STKL, ASPN, and AMRK

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), Global Industrial (GIC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), Ryerson (RYI), SunOpta (STKL), Aspen Aerogels (ASPN), and A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Ituran Location and Control has a net margin of 16.35% compared to Central Garden & Pet's net margin of 4.44%. Ituran Location and Control's return on equity of 28.24% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet4.44% 10.77% 4.65%
Ituran Location and Control 16.35%28.24%16.47%

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$3.20B0.60$107.98M$2.2013.89
Ituran Location and Control$336.26MN/A$53.65M$2.7913.28

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

Central Garden & Pet currently has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.93%. Ituran Location and Control has a consensus target price of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.95%. 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)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Ituran Location and Control
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 3 more articles in the media than Ituran Location and Control. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 1 mentions for Ituran Location and Control. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ituran Location and Control's score of 0.00 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ituran Location and Control beats Central Garden & Pet on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ITRN vs. The Competition

MetricIturan Location and ControlPROTECTION IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market CapN/A$3.45B$7.84B$10.55B
Dividend Yield5.40%1.77%4.59%4.81%
P/E Ratio13.2819.24284.1627.13
Price / SalesN/A4.771,246.03134.14
Price / Cash10.0070.2927.7460.81
Price / Book3.8612.934.796.52
Net Income$53.65M$109.95M$790.12M$276.93M
7 Day Performance4.81%-1.42%0.10%1.93%
1 Month Performance3.87%-4.49%1.19%2.19%
1 Year Performance33.51%15.04%26.51%34.62%

Ituran Location and Control Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.2473 of 5 stars
$37.05
-1.7%
$50.00
+35.0%
+33.5%$0.00$336.26M13.282,892
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.7672 of 5 stars
$28.98
-2.0%
$40.00
+38.0%
-12.9%$1.86B$3.20B13.176,450News Coverage
GLP
Global Partners
4.281 of 5 stars
$45.38
+3.4%
$56.00
+23.4%
-2.8%$1.49B$17.16B17.454,840
WKC
World Kinect
3.3023 of 5 stars
$25.14
+1.6%
$28.75
+14.4%
-19.1%$1.37B$42.17B-3.294,745Upcoming Earnings
GIC
Global Industrial
2.9848 of 5 stars
$33.68
-1.4%
N/A-0.6%$1.31B$1.32B19.691,845
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.8303 of 5 stars
$28.05
+0.6%
$41.00
+46.2%
-29.7%$1.29B$1.80B311.674,400News Coverage
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
2.5409 of 5 stars
$19.93
+0.8%
N/A-5.5%$753.59M$4.10B17.642,220News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
RYI
Ryerson
2.1631 of 5 stars
$22.59
+3.2%
$25.00
+10.7%
+4.9%$705.16M$4.60B-50.204,200News Coverage
STKL
SunOpta
3.2278 of 5 stars
$5.69
+0.7%
$10.00
+75.7%
-5.6%$682.18M$723.73M-94.831,248
ASPN
Aspen Aerogels
3.194 of 5 stars
$8.46
+6.1%
$19.50
+130.6%
-63.3%$656.41M$452.70M-2.22420News Coverage
Gap Up
AMRK
A-Mark Precious Metals
4.5236 of 5 stars
$27.50
+3.9%
$33.00
+20.0%
-36.9%$652.09M$10.98B39.86380News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:ITRN) was last updated on 10/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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