PETS vs. PLCE, CONN, BIG, CATO, BGFV, RRGB, LGCB, BIRD, FARM, and NDLS
Should you be buying PetMed Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetMed Express include Children's Place (PLCE), Conn's (CONN), Big Lots (BIG), Cato (CATO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Linkage Global (LGCB), Allbirds (BIRD), Farmer Bros. (FARM), and Noodles & Company (NDLS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Children's Place had 26 more articles in the media than PetMed Express. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Children's Place and 0 mentions for PetMed Express. PetMed Express' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Children's Place's score of 0.27 indicating that PetMed Express is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.3% of PetMed Express shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of PetMed Express shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
PetMed Express has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. PetMed Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Children's Place, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PetMed Express has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 1.98, meaning that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PetMed Express currently has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential upside of 229.60%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 146.83%. Given PetMed Express' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe PetMed Express is more favorable than Children's Place.
Children's Place received 471 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.
PetMed Express has a net margin of -2.92% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -4.75%. PetMed Express' return on equity of -1.25% beat Children's Place's return on equity.
Summary
PetMed Express beats Children's Place on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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