PLCE vs. DXLG, PETS, CONN, BIG, FATBB, CATO, RRGB, BGFV, BIRD, and LGCB
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Destination XL Group (DXLG), PetMed Express (PETS), Conn's (CONN), Big Lots (BIG), FAT Brands (FATBB), Cato (CATO), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Allbirds (BIRD), and Linkage Global (LGCB). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Children's Place received 672 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.
Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Destination XL Group currently has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.53%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 146.83%. Given Destination XL Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Destination XL Group.
73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Children's Place shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Children's Place had 24 more articles in the media than Destination XL Group. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Children's Place and 1 mentions for Destination XL Group. Destination XL Group's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat Children's Place's score of 0.00 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Destination XL Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. Children's Place 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.
Destination XL Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Destination XL Group's net margin of -4.75%. Children's Place's return on equity of 21.84% beat Destination XL Group's return on equity.
Summary
Destination XL Group beats Children's Place on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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