Genuine Parts (GPC) Competitors

Genuine Parts (NYSE:GPC) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GPC or POOL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Genuine Parts	$23.57B	0.69	$1.32B	$6.09	19.34
Pool	$5.26B	2.10	$523.23M	$10.66	27.50

Is GPC or POOL a better dividend stock?

Genuine Parts pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Genuine Parts pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 45.0% 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. Genuine Parts has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Pool has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts presently has a consensus target price of $130.86, indicating a potential upside of 11.11%. Pool has a consensus target price of $336.22, indicating a potential upside of 14.70%. Given Pool's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pool is more favorable than Genuine Parts.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Genuine Parts	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Pool	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Which has more volatility and risk, GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GPC or POOL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Genuine Parts	Outperform Votes 319 47.97%	Underperform Votes 346 52.03%
Pool	Outperform Votes 430 60.48%	Underperform Votes 281 39.52%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GPC or POOL?

78.8% of Genuine Parts shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Genuine Parts shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GPC or POOL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Genuine Parts	3.85%	25.28%	5.94%
Pool	8.18%	31.11%	12.05%

Does the media refer more to GPC or POOL?

In the previous week, Pool had 75 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for Pool and 26 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Pool's score of 0.33 indicating that Genuine Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Genuine Parts	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pool	28 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	34 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Pool beats Genuine Parts on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.