Global Industrial (GIC) Competitors

Global Industrial (NYSE:GIC) and Ingram Micro (NYSE:INGM) are both wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer GIC or INGM?

Ingram Micro has a consensus target price of $25.79, indicating a potential upside of 25.42%. Given Ingram Micro's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ingram Micro is more favorable than Global Industrial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Industrial	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Ingram Micro	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is GIC or INGM more profitable?

Global Industrial has a net margin of 5.00% compared to Ingram Micro's net margin of 0.53%. Global Industrial's return on equity of 22.89% beat Ingram Micro's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Industrial	5.00%	22.89%	12.14%
Ingram Micro	0.53%	17.33%	3.51%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GIC or INGM?

31.2% of Global Industrial shares are held by institutional investors. 64.2% of Global Industrial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ingram Micro shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GIC or INGM?

Ingram Micro has higher revenue and earnings than Global Industrial. Ingram Micro is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Industrial, 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
Global Industrial	$1.32B	1.07	$61M	$1.71	21.42
Ingram Micro	$47.98B	0.10	$264.22M	$1.16	17.72

Does the media favor GIC or INGM?

In the previous week, Global Industrial had 2 more articles in the media than Ingram Micro. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Global Industrial and 2 mentions for Ingram Micro. Global Industrial's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Ingram Micro's score of 0.35 indicating that Global Industrial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Industrial	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ingram Micro	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is GIC or INGM a better dividend stock?

Global Industrial pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Ingram Micro pays an annual dividend of $0.31 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Global Industrial pays out 60.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ingram Micro pays out 26.7% 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. Global Industrial has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Global Industrial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Global Industrial beats Ingram Micro on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.