CNM vs. USFD, WSO.B, PFGC, REZI, SITE, INGM, AVT, GMS, CENT, and GLP
Should you be buying Core & Main stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core & Main include US Foods (USFD), Watsco (WSO.B), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Resideo Technologies (REZI), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), GMS (GMS), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), and Global Partners (GLP). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Core & Main vs. Its Competitors
US Foods (NYSE:USFD) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both large-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
98.8% of US Foods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of US Foods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Core & Main had 8 more articles in the media than US Foods. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Core & Main and 4 mentions for US Foods. US Foods' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Core & Main's score of 0.36 indicating that US Foods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
US Foods has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
US Foods has higher revenue and earnings than Core & Main. Core & Main is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than US Foods, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
US Foods presently has a consensus target price of $81.27, suggesting a potential upside of 7.65%. Core & Main has a consensus target price of $60.27, suggesting a potential upside of 16.69%. Given Core & Main's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Core & Main is more favorable than US Foods.
Core & Main has a net margin of 5.57% compared to US Foods' net margin of 1.43%. Core & Main's return on equity of 25.44% beat US Foods' return on equity.
Summary
US Foods beats Core & Main on 10 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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:CNM) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
