HZO vs. FLWS, MOV, SPTN, DIN, DBI, TAST, CHUY, HVT, TITN, and CURV
Should you be buying MarineMax stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MarineMax include 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Movado Group (MOV), SpartanNash (SPTN), Dine Brands Global (DIN), Designer Brands (DBI), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Chuy's (CHUY), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Titan Machinery (TITN), and Torrid (CURV). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
MarineMax (NYSE:HZO) and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
MarineMax has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MarineMax has higher revenue and earnings than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MarineMax, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MarineMax has a net margin of 2.56% compared to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's net margin of -3.24%. MarineMax's return on equity of 7.66% beat 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's return on equity.
92.9% of MarineMax shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of MarineMax shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM received 48 more outperform votes than MarineMax when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.99% of users gave 1-800-FLOWERS.COM an outperform vote while only 61.81% of users gave MarineMax an outperform vote.
MarineMax presently has a consensus target price of $36.75, suggesting a potential upside of 44.86%. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential downside of 19.18%. Given MarineMax's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe MarineMax is more favorable than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM.
In the previous week, MarineMax had 22 more articles in the media than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for MarineMax and 2 mentions for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat MarineMax's score of -0.22 indicating that 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
MarineMax beats 1-800-FLOWERS.COM on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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