CNXN vs. QRTEA, SFIX, LITB, NSIT, RVLV, HEPS, JMIA, W, FWRG, and CAKE
Should you be buying PC Connection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PC Connection include Qurate Retail (QRTEA), Stitch Fix (SFIX), LightInTheBox (LITB), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), Revolve Group (RVLV), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), Jumia Technologies (JMIA), Wayfair (W), First Watch Restaurant Group (FWRG), and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE).
PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) and Qurate Retail (NASDAQ:QRTEA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
PC Connection has a net margin of 2.98% compared to Qurate Retail's net margin of -1.33%. Qurate Retail's return on equity of 14.46% beat PC Connection's return on equity.
PC Connection has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qurate Retail has a beta of 2.75, meaning that its stock price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PC Connection has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Qurate Retail. Qurate Retail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PC Connection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qurate Retail received 540 more outperform votes than PC Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Qurate Retail an outperform vote while only 62.95% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote.
Qurate Retail has a consensus price target of $1.10, indicating a potential upside of 50.58%. Given Qurate Retail's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Qurate Retail is more favorable than PC Connection.
42.8% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Qurate Retail shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.5% of PC Connection shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Qurate Retail shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, PC Connection had 5 more articles in the media than Qurate Retail. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PC Connection and 6 mentions for Qurate Retail. PC Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Qurate Retail's score of 0.29 indicating that PC Connection is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
PC Connection beats Qurate Retail on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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