PRPL vs. FLXS, HOFT, ALCO, CDZI, FREE, HFFG, TDUP, VFF, MAMA, and PLIN
Should you be buying Purple Innovation stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Purple Innovation include Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), Alico (ALCO), Cadiz (CDZI), Whole Earth Brands (FREE), HF Foods Group (HFFG), ThredUp (TDUP), Village Farms International (VFF), Mama's Creations (MAMA), and China Xiangtai Food (PLIN).
Purple Innovation (NASDAQ:PRPL) and Flexsteel Industries (NASDAQ:FLXS) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
Purple Innovation currently has a consensus price target of $3.95, indicating a potential upside of 159.02%. Given Purple Innovation's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Purple Innovation is more favorable than Flexsteel Industries.
88.4% of Purple Innovation shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 54.3% of Purple Innovation shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.9% of Flexsteel Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Flexsteel Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Purple Innovation. Purple Innovation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Flexsteel Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Purple Innovation had 20 more articles in the media than Flexsteel Industries. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Purple Innovation and 3 mentions for Flexsteel Industries. Purple Innovation's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Flexsteel Industries' score of 0.16 indicating that Purple Innovation is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Purple Innovation has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flexsteel Industries has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Flexsteel Industries has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Purple Innovation's net margin of -26.97%. Flexsteel Industries' return on equity of 6.54% beat Purple Innovation's return on equity.
Purple Innovation received 79 more outperform votes than Flexsteel Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.80% of users gave Flexsteel Industries an outperform vote while only 67.73% of users gave Purple Innovation an outperform vote.
Summary
Purple Innovation beats Flexsteel Industries on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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