Weyco Group (WEYS) Competitors

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and Weyco Group (NASDAQ:WEYS) are both distributors companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and dividends.

Is GPC or WEYS more profitable?

Weyco Group has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 3.40%. Genuine Parts' return on equity of 22.41% beat Weyco Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genuine Parts	3.40%	22.41%	5.12%
Weyco Group	9.20%	10.34%	8.35%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GPC or WEYS?

78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.6% of Weyco Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of Weyco Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, GPC or WEYS?

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyco Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer GPC or WEYS?

Genuine Parts currently has a consensus price target of $137.86, indicating a potential downside of 1.05%. Given Genuine Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Genuine Parts is more favorable than Weyco Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genuine Parts	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Weyco Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GPC or WEYS?

Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than Weyco Group. Weyco Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genuine Parts, 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
Genuine Parts	$23.49B	0.83	$904.08M	$5.81	23.98
Weyco Group	$281.05M	1.05	$30.32M	$2.69	11.48

Is GPC or WEYS a better dividend stock?

Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Weyco Group pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Genuine Parts pays out 70.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyco Group pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Genuine Parts has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Weyco Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Weyco Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor GPC or WEYS?

In the previous week, Genuine Parts had 12 more articles in the media than Weyco Group. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Genuine Parts and 1 mentions for Weyco Group. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Weyco Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genuine Parts	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyco Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Genuine Parts beats Weyco Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.