GPC vs. POOL, LKQ, WEYS, VOXX, CMG, AZO, JD, CPNG, FAST, and ROST
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), JD.com (JD), Coupang (CPNG), Fastenal (FAST), and Ross Stores (ROST).
Genuine Parts vs. Its 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff