GMS (GMS) Competitors

GMS (NYSE:GMS) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer GMS or CNM?

GMS currently has a consensus price target of $80.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Core & Main has a consensus price target of $57.55, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. Given GMS's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe GMS is more favorable than Core & Main.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GMS	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Core & Main	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, GMS or CNM?

Core & Main has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. GMS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core & Main, 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
GMS	$5.59B	0.50	$276.08M	$3.61	20.22
Core & Main	$7.44B	1.42	$371M	$2.12	25.11

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GMS or CNM?

95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor GMS or CNM?

In the previous week, GMS had 1 more articles in the media than Core & Main. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for GMS and 17 mentions for Core & Main. Core & Main's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat GMS's score of 0.20 indicating that Core & Main is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GMS	4 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Core & Main	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, GMS or CNM?

GMS has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GMS or CNM more profitable?

Core & Main has a net margin of 5.71% compared to GMS's net margin of 3.92%. Core & Main's return on equity of 24.71% beat GMS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GMS	3.92%	20.67%	8.05%
Core & Main	5.71%	24.71%	7.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GMS or CNM?

GMS received 322 more outperform votes than Core & Main when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.08% of users gave GMS an outperform vote while only 45.76% of users gave Core & Main an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GMS	Outperform Votes 376 66.08%	Underperform Votes 193 33.92%
Core & Main	Outperform Votes 54 45.76%	Underperform Votes 64 54.24%

Summary

Core & Main beats GMS on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.