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$23.89 +0.34 (+1.44%)
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GRDN vs. RUSHB, ASO, TBBB, NEGG, CSAN, SVV, VSCO, CWH, RVLV, and GO

Should you be buying Guardian Pharmacy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Guardian Pharmacy Services include Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Academy Sports and Outdoors (ASO), BBB Foods (TBBB), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), Cosan (CSAN), Savers Value Village (SVV), Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Camping World (CWH), Revolve Group (RVLV), and Grocery Outlet (GO). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.

Guardian Pharmacy Services vs. Its Competitors

Guardian Pharmacy Services (NYSE:GRDN) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHB) are both retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

18.1% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 63.7% of Guardian Pharmacy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.9% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Guardian Pharmacy Services had 7 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Guardian Pharmacy Services and 1 mentions for Rush Enterprises. Rush Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Guardian Pharmacy Services' score of 0.02 indicating that Rush Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Guardian Pharmacy Services Neutral
Rush Enterprises Very Positive

Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 3.73% compared to Guardian Pharmacy Services' net margin of -6.90%. Rush Enterprises' return on equity of 13.29% beat Guardian Pharmacy Services' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Guardian Pharmacy Services-6.90% -52.41% -24.17%
Rush Enterprises 3.73%13.29%6.14%

Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Guardian Pharmacy Services. Guardian Pharmacy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rush Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Guardian Pharmacy Services$1.23B1.23-$87.29M-$1.52-15.72
Rush Enterprises$7.80B0.57$304.15M$3.5116.29

Guardian Pharmacy Services presently has a consensus target price of $25.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.44%. Given Guardian Pharmacy Services' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Guardian Pharmacy Services is more favorable than Rush Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Guardian Pharmacy Services
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Rush Enterprises
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

Rush Enterprises beats Guardian Pharmacy Services on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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GRDN vs. The Competition

MetricGuardian Pharmacy ServicesMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.49B$2.48B$5.61B$21.04B
Dividend YieldN/A1.76%4.61%3.56%
P/E Ratio-15.7222.0530.2928.01
Price / Sales1.23742.42463.4157.05
Price / Cash94.41184.4138.2123.95
Price / Book8.414.838.825.26
Net Income-$87.29M$31.61M$3.25B$994.11M
7 Day Performance19.92%4.55%3.70%2.09%
1 Month Performance16.42%5.69%5.84%2.35%
1 Year PerformanceN/A12.71%29.92%13.36%

Guardian Pharmacy Services Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GRDN
Guardian Pharmacy Services
0.7368 of 5 stars
$23.89
+1.4%
$25.67
+7.4%
N/A$1.49B$1.23B-15.723,400
RUSHB
Rush Enterprises
3.1029 of 5 stars
$53.29
-0.2%
N/A+30.2%$4.17B$7.69B15.278,040Positive News
ASO
Academy Sports and Outdoors
2.7731 of 5 stars
$50.68
-1.6%
$57.53
+13.5%
+8.2%$3.36B$5.93B9.3022,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
TBBB
BBB Foods
2.5385 of 5 stars
$25.53
+0.2%
$33.29
+30.4%
-6.6%$2.92B$3.15B116.1025,300News Coverage
Earnings Report
Short Interest ↑
NEGG
Newegg Commerce
1.9881 of 5 stars
$57.03
+4.1%
N/A+665.0%$2.15B$1.24M0.002,200Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
CSAN
Cosan
4.6401 of 5 stars
$4.31
+3.0%
$19.00
+341.3%
-59.3%$2.01B$8.15B3.2612,090News Coverage
Short Interest ↑
Gap Down
SVV
Savers Value Village
1.6667 of 5 stars
$11.81
+1.5%
$12.71
+7.7%
+30.8%$1.83B$1.54B56.1122,700Positive News
VSCO
Victoria's Secret & Co.
3.7792 of 5 stars
$19.22
-6.5%
$25.00
+30.1%
+1.2%$1.53B$6.23B9.6031,000Gap Down
CWH
Camping World
3.3533 of 5 stars
$14.69
-1.0%
$21.44
+46.0%
-11.7%$1.49B$6.10B-73.1713,060Analyst Forecast
RVLV
Revolve Group
4.0138 of 5 stars
$20.11
-1.5%
$26.73
+33.0%
-1.4%$1.43B$1.13B29.081,632Gap Down
GO
Grocery Outlet
1.0794 of 5 stars
$13.21
-1.6%
$15.62
+18.2%
-6.1%$1.29B$4.37B82.482,307

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This page (NYSE:GRDN) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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