ZUMZ vs. CTRN, TLYS, CURV, QRTEA, MYTE, LOVE, DDL, CRMT, GENK, and BBW
Should you be buying Zumiez stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zumiez include Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Torrid (CURV), Qurate Retail (QRTEA), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Lovesac (LOVE), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), America's Car-Mart (CRMT), GEN Restaurant Group (GENK), and Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Zumiez received 300 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.44% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote while only 47.96% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Citi Trends had 2 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Citi Trends and 3 mentions for Zumiez. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Zumiez's score of 0.30 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Zumiez has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zumiez presently has a consensus target price of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.52%. Citi Trends has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Zumiez.
Citi Trends has a net margin of -1.60% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -7.15%. Zumiez's return on equity of -5.70% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.
95.5% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Citi Trends has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zumiez. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zumiez, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Citi Trends beats Zumiez on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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