CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL) Competitors

CrossAmerica Partners (NYSE:CAPL) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CAPL or CENT?

CrossAmerica Partners received 94 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.67% of users gave CrossAmerica Partners an outperform vote while only 59.95% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CrossAmerica Partners	Outperform Votes 347 63.67%	Underperform Votes 198 36.33%
Central Garden & Pet	Outperform Votes 253 59.95%	Underperform Votes 169 40.05%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CAPL or CENT?

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 insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by 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.

Is CAPL or CENT more profitable?

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 4.42% compared to CrossAmerica Partners' net margin of 0.51%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.66% beat CrossAmerica Partners' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CrossAmerica Partners	0.51%	-314.20%	2.80%
Central Garden & Pet	4.42%	10.66%	4.59%

Which has more risk & volatility, CAPL or CENT?

CrossAmerica Partners has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CAPL or CENT?

In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 8 more articles in the media than CrossAmerica Partners. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 0 mentions for CrossAmerica Partners. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat CrossAmerica Partners' score of -0.18 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
CrossAmerica Partners	Neutral
Central Garden & Pet	Neutral

Which has better valuation and earnings, CAPL or CENT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CrossAmerica Partners	$4.39B	0.18	$42.59M	$0.61	33.39
Central Garden & Pet	$3.31B	0.77	$125.64M	$2.23	16.98

Do analysts recommend CAPL or CENT?

Central Garden & Pet has a consensus price target of $52.75, suggesting a potential upside of 39.59%. Given Central Garden & Pet's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Central Garden & Pet	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats CrossAmerica Partners on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.