SIG vs. ABG, AEO, CPRI, SHAK, AAP, WEN, ZGN, RUSHA, GPI, and GMS
Should you be buying Signet Jewelers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Signet Jewelers include Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Capri (CPRI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Wendy's (WEN), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), and GMS (GMS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Asbury Automotive Group (NYSE:ABG) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.
Signet Jewelers received 455 more outperform votes than Asbury Automotive Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 53.57% of users gave Asbury Automotive Group an outperform vote.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 3.68%. Asbury Automotive Group's return on equity of 32.26% beat Signet Jewelers' return on equity.
Signet Jewelers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Asbury Automotive Group. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Asbury Automotive Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Asbury Automotive Group had 8 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Asbury Automotive Group and 11 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Asbury Automotive Group's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.27 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Asbury Automotive Group has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its share price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Asbury Automotive Group currently has a consensus target price of $235.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.87%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $120.20, indicating a potential upside of 18.07%. Given Asbury Automotive Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Asbury Automotive Group.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Asbury Automotive Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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