CENTA vs. CENT, TGNA, MANU, SPB, PENN, CRI, LAUR, MODG, MCW, and ATAT
Should you be buying Central Garden & Pet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Central Garden & Pet include Central Garden & Pet (CENT), TEGNA (TGNA), Manchester United (MANU), Spectrum Brands (SPB), PENN Entertainment (PENN), Carter's (CRI), Laureate Education (LAUR), Topgolf Callaway Brands (MODG), Mister Car Wash (MCW), and Atour Lifestyle (ATAT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENT) and Central Garden & Pet (NASDAQ:CENTA) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
Central Garden & Pet 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.
Central Garden & Pet received 71 more outperform votes than Central Garden & Pet when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.70% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote while only 59.67% of users gave Central Garden & Pet an outperform vote.
16.1% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.8% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Central Garden & Pet shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Central Garden & Pet presently has a consensus target price of $54.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.76%. Central Garden & Pet has a consensus target price of $41.75, indicating a potential upside of 5.08%. Given Central Garden & Pet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Central Garden & Pet is more favorable than Central Garden & Pet.
Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Central Garden & Pet has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Central Garden & Pet had 2 more articles in the media than Central Garden & Pet. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Central Garden & Pet and 6 mentions for Central Garden & Pet. Central Garden & Pet's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Central Garden & Pet's score of 0.34 indicating that Central Garden & Pet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Central Garden & Pet beats Central Garden & Pet on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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