WRK vs. WSM, MDC, ROST, TUP, GEF-B, VSTO, GES, MCRI, HZO, and PLOW
Should you be buying WestRock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of WestRock include Williams-Sonoma (WSM), M.D.C. (MDC), Ross Stores (ROST), Tupperware Brands (TUP), Greif (GEF-B), Vista Outdoor (VSTO), Guess? (GES), Monarch Casino & Resort (MCRI), MarineMax (HZO), and Douglas Dynamics (PLOW).
WestRock (NYSE:WRK) and Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
83.4% of WestRock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of WestRock shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Williams-Sonoma received 191 more outperform votes than WestRock when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.75% of users gave WestRock an outperform vote while only 49.18% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.
WestRock pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Williams-Sonoma pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. WestRock pays out 101.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Williams-Sonoma pays out 31.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
WestRock currently has a consensus price target of $47.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.95%. Williams-Sonoma has a consensus price target of $256.19, indicating a potential downside of 19.58%. Given WestRock's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe WestRock is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.
Williams-Sonoma has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WestRock. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WestRock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, WestRock had 9 more articles in the media than Williams-Sonoma. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for WestRock and 13 mentions for Williams-Sonoma. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat WestRock's score of 0.60 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 12.25% compared to WestRock's net margin of 1.57%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 55.15% beat WestRock's return on equity.
WestRock has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Williams-Sonoma beats WestRock on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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