Ituran Location and Control (ITRN) 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.

Is ITRN or CENT more profitable?

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 Control	16.35%	29.19%	16.95%
Central Garden & Pet	3.90%	10.14%	4.40%

Do analysts recommend ITRN or CENT?

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.

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, ITRN or CENT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ituran Location and Control	$336.26M	2.32	$53.65M	$2.78	14.13
Central Garden & Pet	$3.20B	0.75	$107.98M	$1.87	19.51

Does the media prefer ITRN or CENT?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ituran Location and Control	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Central Garden & Pet	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ITRN or CENT?

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.

Which has more volatility & risk, ITRN or CENT?

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.