Lands' End (LE) Competitors

Lands' End (NASDAQ:LE) and Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, LE or DXLG?

Lands' End has a beta of 2.97, indicating that its stock price is 197% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, LE or DXLG?

Destination XL Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Lands' End. Lands' End is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destination XL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lands' End	$1.47B	0.29	-$130.68M	-$4.09	-3.31
Destination XL Group	$521.82M	0.35	$27.85M	$0.43	7.33

Does the media refer more to LE or DXLG?

In the previous week, Lands' End had 5 more articles in the media than Destination XL Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Lands' End and 2 mentions for Destination XL Group. Destination XL Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Lands' End's score of -0.09 indicating that Destination XL Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lands' End	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Destination XL Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LE or DXLG?

37.5% of Lands' End shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Lands' End shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LE or DXLG?

Lands' End received 286 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.98% of users gave Lands' End an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lands' End	Outperform Votes 298 56.98%	Underperform Votes 225 43.02%
Destination XL Group	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%

Is LE or DXLG more profitable?

Destination XL Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Lands' End's net margin of -8.87%. Destination XL Group's return on equity of 21.84% beat Lands' End's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lands' End	-8.87%	-1.70%	-0.56%
Destination XL Group	5.34%	21.84%	9.10%

Do analysts prefer LE or DXLG?

Lands' End currently has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.19%. Destination XL Group has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.86%. Given Destination XL Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Destination XL Group is more favorable than Lands' End.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lands' End	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Destination XL Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Destination XL Group beats Lands' End on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.