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CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL) Competitors

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$20.32 +0.34 (+1.68%)
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CAPL vs. CENT, GLP, WKC, GIC, DSGR, ITRN, RYI, STKL, AMRK, and ASPN

Should you be buying CrossAmerica Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CrossAmerica Partners include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), Global Industrial (GIC), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Ryerson (RYI), SunOpta (STKL), A-Mark Precious Metals (AMRK), and Aspen Aerogels (ASPN). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

CrossAmerica Partners vs. Its Competitors

CrossAmerica Partners (NYSE:CAPL) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) are both small-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrossAmerica Partners$4.10B0.19$19.89M$1.1317.98
Central Garden & Pet$3.20B0.61$107.98M$2.2014.22

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 4.44% compared to CrossAmerica Partners' net margin of 1.19%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.77% beat CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrossAmerica Partners1.19% -32.78% 2.13%
Central Garden & Pet 4.44%10.77%4.65%

Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.84%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than CrossAmerica Partners.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrossAmerica Partners
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

24.1% of CrossAmerica Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 52.0% of CrossAmerica Partners 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CrossAmerica Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners and 2 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat CrossAmerica Partners' score of 0.49 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrossAmerica Partners
2 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats CrossAmerica Partners on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CAPL vs. The Competition

MetricCrossAmerica PartnersOil Refining & Marketing MLP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$761.60M$7.67B$7.71B$21.97B
Dividend Yield10.51%6.77%10.94%3.62%
P/E Ratio17.9818.1515.4132.44
Price / Sales0.191.071,391.2479.67
Price / Cash8.537.2636.5224.33
Price / Book-14.413.564.394.60
Net Income$19.89M$485.39M$4.27B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.27%3.51%-0.43%0.53%
1 Month Performance-3.63%-1.43%-0.82%-0.49%
1 Year Performance-3.31%8.39%15.31%11.60%

CrossAmerica Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
1.9558 of 5 stars
$20.32
+1.7%
N/A-3.5%$761.60M$4.10B17.982,220News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.9747 of 5 stars
$30.84
+0.9%
$40.00
+29.7%
-6.6%$1.92B$3.20B14.026,450Positive News
GLP
Global Partners
4.1477 of 5 stars
$45.20
+0.6%
$56.00
+23.9%
-0.5%$1.53B$17.16B17.394,840Positive News
WKC
World Kinect
2.8334 of 5 stars
$25.56
+1.8%
$28.75
+12.5%
-18.3%$1.39B$42.17B-3.354,745
GIC
Global Industrial
1.9588 of 5 stars
$34.76
+0.1%
N/A+3.5%$1.33B$1.32B20.331,845Upcoming Earnings
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.9917 of 5 stars
$29.58
+4.7%
$41.00
+38.6%
-24.6%$1.31B$1.80B328.674,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
3.7797 of 5 stars
$37.05
flat
$50.00
+35.0%
+34.6%$737.06M$336.26M13.282,892
RYI
Ryerson
2.2163 of 5 stars
$23.06
+1.4%
$25.00
+8.4%
+7.1%$732.53M$4.60B-51.244,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
STKL
SunOpta
3.1716 of 5 stars
$5.73
+0.9%
$10.00
+74.5%
+0.0%$685.80M$723.73M-95.501,248
AMRK
A-Mark Precious Metals
4.6199 of 5 stars
$28.56
+4.0%
$33.00
+15.5%
-34.4%$676.98M$10.98B41.39380
ASPN
Aspen Aerogels
3.0169 of 5 stars
$8.28
+4.3%
$18.00
+117.4%
-61.9%$653.94M$452.70M-2.17420News Coverage

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