AAP vs. SIG, ABG, AEO, SHAK, CPRI, WEN, RUSHA, GMS, RUSHB, and GPI
Should you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include Signet Jewelers (SIG), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Shake Shack (SHAK), Capri (CPRI), Wendy's (WEN), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), GMS (GMS), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), and Group 1 Automotive (GPI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
Signet Jewelers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advance Auto Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Signet Jewelers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Signet Jewelers had 7 more articles in the media than Advance Auto Parts. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Signet Jewelers and 4 mentions for Advance Auto Parts. Advance Auto Parts' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.69 indicating that Advance Auto Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Advance Auto Parts' net margin of 0.39%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 32.26% beat Advance Auto Parts' return on equity.
Advance Auto Parts received 130 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Advance Auto Parts an outperform vote.
Advance Auto Parts presently has a consensus target price of $64.56, indicating a potential downside of 14.08%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $120.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.07%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
Advance Auto Parts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Advance Auto Parts pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Signet Jewelers pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Advance Auto Parts on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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