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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
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.
Ituran Location and Control presently has a consensus price target of $50.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.29%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Ituran Location and Control's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ituran Location and Control is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.
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.
In the previous week, Ituran Location and Control had 3 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ituran Location and Control and 1 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Ituran Location and Control's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.00 indicating that Ituran Location and Control is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ituran Location and Control has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ituran Location and Control beats Central Garden & Pet on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:ITRN) was last updated on 7/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff