BBWI vs. PFGC, KMX, PAG, TXRH, WING, BURL, FBIN, TPX, CASY, and TPR
Should you be buying Bath & Body Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bath & Body Works include Performance Food Group (PFGC), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Burlington Stores (BURL), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Casey's General Stores (CASY), and Tapestry (TPR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
Bath & Body Works has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Performance Food Group. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Performance Food Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 11.82% compared to Bath & Body Works' net margin of 0.74%. Bath & Body Works' return on equity of 16.77% beat Performance Food Group's return on equity.
Performance Food Group received 353 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave Performance Food Group an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Performance Food Group had 5 more articles in the media than Bath & Body Works. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Performance Food Group and 3 mentions for Bath & Body Works. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Performance Food Group's score of 0.60 indicating that Performance Food Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Performance Food Group currently has a consensus price target of $81.25, indicating a potential upside of 17.25%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus price target of $46.73, indicating a potential downside of 1.03%. Given Bath & Body Works' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.
Summary
Performance Food Group beats Bath & Body Works on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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