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Vestis (VSTS) Competitors

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VSTS vs. CENT, GLP, DSGR, WKC, GIC, CAPL, STKL, ITRN, RYI, and MGPI

Should you be buying Vestis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vestis include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), Global Partners (GLP), Distribution Solutions Group (DSGR), World Kinect (WKC), Global Industrial (GIC), CrossAmerica Partners (CAPL), SunOpta (STKL), Ituran Location and Control (ITRN), Ryerson (RYI), and MGP Ingredients (MGPI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Vestis vs. Its Competitors

Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and Vestis (NYSE:VSTS) are both wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Central Garden & Pet has a net margin of 4.44% compared to Vestis' net margin of -1.11%. Central Garden & Pet's return on equity of 10.77% beat Vestis' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Central Garden & Pet4.44% 10.77% 4.65%
Vestis -1.11%3.76%1.15%

16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Vestis shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of Central Garden & Pet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.6% of Vestis shares are held 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.

Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus price target of $40.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.11%. Vestis has a consensus price target of $9.13, suggesting a potential upside of 105.75%. Given Vestis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vestis is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Central Garden & Pet
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Vestis
2 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

In the previous week, Vestis had 1 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vestis and 9 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Vestis' average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.69 indicating that Vestis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Central Garden & Pet
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vestis
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Central Garden & Pet has higher revenue and earnings than Vestis. Vestis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Central Garden & Pet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Central Garden & Pet$3.12B0.75$107.98M$2.2016.82
Vestis$2.81B0.21$20.97M-$0.23-19.28

Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vestis has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Central Garden & Pet beats Vestis on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VSTS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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VSTS vs. The Competition

MetricVestisUNIFORM & RELATED IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$584.71M$1.92B$7.62B$21.25B
Dividend YieldN/A0.79%4.55%3.49%
P/E Ratio-19.2821.64308.1229.29
Price / Sales0.210.77214.2362.65
Price / Cash2.706.9427.7618.29
Price / Book0.661.114.105.29
Net Income$20.97M$83.22M$798.53M$998.51M
7 Day Performance-4.00%-2.47%-0.44%-0.40%
1 Month Performance-25.65%-12.01%1.02%5.16%
1 Year Performance-67.58%-36.46%28.54%14.22%

Vestis Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VSTS
Vestis
3.3773 of 5 stars
$4.44
+1.7%
$9.13
+105.7%
-68.8%$584.71M$2.81B-19.2810,800Positive News
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
2.4938 of 5 stars
$36.15
-1.3%
$40.00
+10.7%
-5.7%$2.30B$3.20B16.436,450
GLP
Global Partners
3.0134 of 5 stars
$51.12
+0.3%
$56.00
+9.6%
+25.9%$1.73B$17.16B19.664,840Positive News
DSGR
Distribution Solutions Group
3.7554 of 5 stars
$33.24
-0.1%
$41.00
+23.3%
-11.5%$1.54B$1.80B369.334,400Positive News
WKC
World Kinect
2.6853 of 5 stars
$26.61
-0.6%
$29.40
+10.5%
-4.2%$1.49B$42.17B-3.494,745News Coverage
Positive News
GIC
Global Industrial
4.2012 of 5 stars
$37.13
+2.2%
N/A+15.2%$1.39B$1.32B21.711,845News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
CAPL
CrossAmerica Partners
3.7099 of 5 stars
$21.00
-0.5%
N/A+8.1%$803.91M$4.10B18.582,220Positive News
STKL
SunOpta
3.8503 of 5 stars
$6.37
-1.4%
$9.50
+49.1%
+15.3%$759.32M$723.73M-106.171,248Positive News
ITRN
Ituran Location and Control
4.1316 of 5 stars
$36.41
-1.9%
$50.00
+37.3%
+17.5%$738.45M$336.26M13.052,892Positive News
RYI
Ryerson
3.0013 of 5 stars
$22.96
+0.7%
$25.00
+8.9%
+22.2%$734.14M$4.60B-51.024,200News Coverage
Positive News
MGPI
MGP Ingredients
4.2854 of 5 stars
$29.44
-2.4%
$50.33
+71.0%
-67.0%$642.19M$703.62M-94.97690Positive News

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