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GMS vs. PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, REZI, CENT, GLP, WKC, and DSGR

Should you be buying GMS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GMS include Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), World Kinect (WKC), and Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

GMS vs. Its Competitors

GMS (NYSE:GMS) and Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation.

GMS has a net margin of 2.09% compared to Performance Food Group's net margin of 0.61%. GMS's return on equity of 16.97% beat Performance Food Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
GMS2.09% 16.97% 6.28%
Performance Food Group 0.61%16.17%4.41%

95.3% of GMS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of GMS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.8% of Performance Food Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

GMS has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, GMS had 41 more articles in the media than Performance Food Group. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for GMS and 8 mentions for Performance Food Group. Performance Food Group's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat GMS's score of 0.46 indicating that Performance Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GMS
15 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Performance Food Group
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

GMS currently has a consensus price target of $101.11, suggesting a potential downside of 7.35%. Performance Food Group has a consensus price target of $100.08, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. Given Performance Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than GMS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GMS
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Performance Food Group
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79

Performance Food Group has higher revenue and earnings than GMS. Performance Food Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GMS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GMS$5.51B0.75$115.47M$2.8937.76
Performance Food Group$58.28B0.24$435.90M$2.4036.74

Summary

Performance Food Group beats GMS on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GMS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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GMS vs. The Competition

MetricGMSBLDG PRD IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.15B$11.54B$26.30B$20.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.51%175.66%3.76%
P/E Ratio37.7687.8529.7727.81
Price / Sales0.751.594.6937.44
Price / Cash10.1814.1445.3021.79
Price / Book2.923.935.894.55
Net Income$115.47M$374.68M$872.48M$984.47M
7 Day Performance10.47%4.74%4.94%3.57%
1 Month Performance48.11%12.48%6.16%6.03%
1 Year Performance37.76%10.43%22.13%14.48%

GMS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GMS
GMS
2.4565 of 5 stars
$109.13
+0.3%
$101.11
-7.3%
+39.2%$4.15B$5.51B37.767,113Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.4571 of 5 stars
$87.21
+1.5%
$100.08
+14.8%
+35.5%$13.61B$58.28B36.3437,000
CNM
Core & Main
2.4576 of 5 stars
$58.30
+2.2%
$59.55
+2.1%
+26.5%$11.49B$7.44B27.125,700Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.2437 of 5 stars
$121.08
+3.9%
$145.70
+20.3%
+7.4%$5.43B$4.54B48.248,760
INGM
Ingram Micro
2.3521 of 5 stars
$19.50
+2.4%
$25.71
+31.9%
N/A$4.58B$47.98B0.0023,500
AVT
Avnet
3.9174 of 5 stars
$51.72
+1.3%
$49.00
-5.3%
+6.3%$4.34B$23.76B14.4915,462Analyst Revision
REZI
Resideo Technologies
2.7274 of 5 stars
$21.79
+3.8%
$23.00
+5.6%
+20.1%$3.24B$7.05B68.0814,600
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
3.25 of 5 stars
$35.18
+2.1%
$40.00
+13.7%
-7.1%$2.30B$3.20B18.816,450Positive News
GLP
Global Partners
2.7203 of 5 stars
$54.40
+0.7%
$56.00
+2.9%
+11.3%$1.85B$17.16B17.274,840
WKC
World Kinect
1.0124 of 5 stars
$27.40
-1.4%
$29.00
+5.8%
+12.4%$1.55B$42.17B114.174,745
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.9118 of 5 stars
$27.07
+1.8%
$40.50
+49.6%
-2.7%$1.26B$1.80B1,354.184,400News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:GMS) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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