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$31.98 +2.01 (+6.71%)
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MGPI vs. CENT, GLP, WKC, DSGR, GIC, CAPL, VSTS, ITRN, STKL, and RYI

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

MGP Ingredients vs. Its Competitors

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

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 3.90% compared to MGP Ingredients' net margin of 1.66%. MGP Ingredients' return on equity of 12.48% beat Central Garden & Pet's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGP Ingredients1.66% 12.48% 7.64%
Central Garden & Pet 3.90%10.14%4.40%

In the previous week, MGP Ingredients had 5 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for MGP Ingredients and 1 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat MGP Ingredients' score of 0.68 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
MGP Ingredients Positive
Central Garden & Pet Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGP Ingredients$703.62M0.97$34.66M$0.4571.07
Central Garden & Pet$3.20B0.74$107.98M$1.8719.29

MGP Ingredients currently has a consensus target price of $50.33, suggesting a potential upside of 57.39%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.86%. Given MGP Ingredients' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MGP Ingredients is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MGP Ingredients
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

77.1% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.4% of MGP Ingredients shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

MGP Ingredients has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

MGP Ingredients beats Central Garden & Pet on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MGPI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MGPI vs. The Competition

MetricMGP IngredientsBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$637.51M$14.95B$16.16B$8.94B
Dividend Yield1.60%2.75%3.17%4.12%
P/E Ratio71.0724.9519.8019.74
Price / Sales0.971.5767.09109.12
Price / Cash2.999.9814.5457.06
Price / Book0.8413.646.195.37
Net Income$34.66M$830.20M$680.27M$248.34M
7 Day Performance7.03%1.94%2.17%1.67%
1 Month Performance9.48%-4.94%0.44%4.56%
1 Year Performance-56.20%-11.39%6.96%18.42%

MGP Ingredients Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.3464 of 5 stars
$31.98
+6.7%
$50.33
+57.4%
-56.2%$637.51M$703.62M71.07690Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.25 of 5 stars
$35.18
+2.1%
$40.00
+13.7%
-7.1%$2.30B$3.20B18.816,450
GLP
Global Partners
2.6795 of 5 stars
$54.40
+0.7%
$56.00
+2.9%
+11.3%$1.85B$17.16B17.274,840
WKC
World Kinect
1.018 of 5 stars
$27.40
-1.4%
$29.00
+5.8%
+12.4%$1.55B$42.17B114.174,745
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.9142 of 5 stars
$27.07
+1.8%
$40.50
+49.6%
-2.7%$1.26B$1.80B1,354.184,400Positive News
GIC
Global Industrial
3.7093 of 5 stars
$26.96
+1.8%
N/A-9.0%$1.03B$1.32B17.061,845
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
1.3289 of 5 stars
$21.44
+1.3%
N/A+5.4%$816.67M$4.10B26.792,220
VSTS
Vestis
4.3211 of 5 stars
$5.81
+1.5%
$11.75
+102.4%
-47.9%$764.98M$2.81B-32.2510,800Trending News
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
4.213 of 5 stars
$36.05
+1.3%
$50.00
+38.7%
+59.8%$717.03M$336.26M12.972,892Positive News
STKL
SunOpta
3.6098 of 5 stars
$5.93
-1.0%
$9.50
+60.2%
+14.1%$697.01M$723.73M-45.621,248Positive News
RYI
Ryerson
2.2244 of 5 stars
$19.69
+2.6%
$25.00
+27.0%
+16.4%$633.86M$4.60B-89.484,200News Coverage
Positive News

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