Genuine Parts (GPC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	0.70	$1.32B	$6.09	19.61
Pool	$5.26B	2.06	$523.23M	$10.66	27.10

Which has more risk and volatility, GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer 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 analysts recommend GPC or POOL?

Genuine Parts currently has a consensus price target of $130.86, indicating a potential upside of 9.57%. Pool has a consensus price target of $336.22, indicating a potential upside of 16.38%. 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

Does the media prefer GPC or POOL?

In the previous week, Pool had 28 more articles in the media than Genuine Parts. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Pool and 18 mentions for Genuine Parts. Genuine Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Pool's score of 0.43 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pool	12 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 3.4%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Genuine Parts pays out 67.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 46.9% 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 15 consecutive years. Genuine Parts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Summary

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