HELE vs. VSTS, TBBB, DNUT, CCU, UTZ, TR, WLY, WLYB, JJSF, and ENR
Should you be buying Helen of Troy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helen of Troy include Vestis (VSTS), BBB Foods (TBBB), Krispy Kreme (DNUT), Compañía Cervecerías Unidas (CCU), Utz Brands (UTZ), Tootsie Roll Industries (TR), John Wiley & Sons (WLY), John Wiley & Sons (WLYB), J&J Snack Foods (JJSF), and Energizer (ENR). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Vestis (NYSE:VSTS) and Helen of Troy (NASDAQ:HELE) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Helen of Troy has a net margin of 8.41% compared to Helen of Troy's net margin of 0.00%. Vestis' return on equity of 11.65% beat Helen of Troy's return on equity.
97.4% of Vestis shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Helen of Troy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vestis has higher revenue and earnings than Helen of Troy.
Vestis currently has a consensus price target of $22.56, indicating a potential upside of 22.12%. Helen of Troy has a consensus price target of $127.33, indicating a potential upside of 36.79%. Given Vestis' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Helen of Troy is more favorable than Vestis.
Helen of Troy received 310 more outperform votes than Vestis when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Vestis an outperform vote while only 57.79% of users gave Helen of Troy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Helen of Troy had 19 more articles in the media than Vestis. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Helen of Troy and 6 mentions for Vestis. Helen of Troy's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Vestis' score of 0.53 indicating that Vestis is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Helen of Troy beats Vestis on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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