VSCO vs. SPHR, LZB, RSI, CAL, GIII, OSW, AMWD, PLYA, PRDO, and SGHC
Should you be buying Victoria's Secret & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria's Secret & Co. include Sphere Entertainment (SPHR), La-Z-Boy (LZB), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Caleres (CAL), G-III Apparel Group (GIII), OneSpaWorld (OSW), American Woodmark (AMWD), Playa Hotels & Resorts (PLYA), Perdoceo Education (PRDO), and Super Group (SGHC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) and Sphere Entertainment (NYSE:SPHR) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, Victoria's Secret & Co. had 13 more articles in the media than Sphere Entertainment. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co. and 9 mentions for Sphere Entertainment. Sphere Entertainment's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s score of -0.02 indicating that Sphere Entertainment is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sphere Entertainment has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sphere Entertainment has a net margin of 40.36% compared to Victoria's Secret & Co.'s net margin of 1.77%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 56.40% beat Sphere Entertainment's return on equity.
Victoria's Secret & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $17.90, suggesting a potential downside of 8.67%. Sphere Entertainment has a consensus target price of $35.60, suggesting a potential downside of 9.37%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Sphere Entertainment.
90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.5% of Sphere Entertainment shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sphere Entertainment has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Victoria's Secret & Co.. Sphere Entertainment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Victoria's Secret & Co. received 13 more outperform votes than Sphere Entertainment when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 22.22% of users gave Sphere Entertainment an outperform vote while only 16.50% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.
Summary
Sphere Entertainment beats Victoria's Secret & Co. on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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