VSTO vs. GES, MCRI, HZO, PLOW, MDC, TUP, WKHS, SSU, AREBW, and AUVIP
Should you be buying Vista Outdoor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vista Outdoor include Guess? (GES), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), MarineMax (HZO), Douglas Dynamics (PLOW), M.D.C. (MDC), Tupperware Brands (TUP), Workhorse Group (WKHS), SIGNA Sports United (SSU), American Rebel (AREBW), and Applied UV (AUVIP).
Guess? (NYSE:GES) and Vista Outdoor (NYSE:VSTO) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Guess? received 77 more outperform votes than Vista Outdoor when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.78% of users gave Vista Outdoor an outperform vote while only 54.38% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote.
Guess? has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vista Outdoor. Vista Outdoor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Guess?, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Guess? presently has a consensus price target of $32.00, suggesting a potential upside of 20.44%. Vista Outdoor has a consensus price target of $34.67, suggesting a potential downside of 2.81%. Given Vista Outdoor's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Guess? is more favorable than Vista Outdoor.
In the previous week, Vista Outdoor had 9 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Vista Outdoor and 1 mentions for Guess?. Vista Outdoor's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Guess?'s score of 0.20 indicating that Guess? is being referred to more favorably in the media.
61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Vista Outdoor shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.3% of Guess? shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Vista Outdoor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Guess? has a net margin of 7.14% compared to Guess?'s net margin of -12.17%. Vista Outdoor's return on equity of 30.02% beat Guess?'s return on equity.
Guess? has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vista Outdoor has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Guess? beats Vista Outdoor on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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