GPC vs. POOL, LKQ, WEYS, VOXX, CMG, AZO, CVNA, JD, ROST, and CPNG
Should you be buying Genuine Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Genuine Parts include Pool (POOL), LKQ (LKQ), Weyco Group (WEYS), VOXX International (VOXX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), AutoZone (AZO), Carvana (CVNA), JD.com (JD), Ross Stores (ROST), and Coupang (CPNG).
Genuine Parts vs.
Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) and Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Genuine Parts has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. Genuine Parts is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pool had 59 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 75 mentions for Pool and 16 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Pool's score of 0.43 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pool received 111 more outperform votes than Genuine Parts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.48% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 47.97% of users gave Genuine Parts an outperform vote.
Pool has a net margin of 8.18% compared to Genuine Parts' net margin of 3.85%. Pool's return on equity of 31.11% beat Genuine Parts' return on equity.
Pool presently has a consensus target price of $336.22, indicating a potential upside of 11.05%. Genuine Parts has a consensus target price of $130.86, indicating a potential upside of 4.49%. Given Pool's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pool is more favorable than Genuine Parts.
Pool pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Pool pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Genuine Parts pays out 67.7% 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. Pool has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Pool has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pool beats Genuine Parts on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GPC) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
