AAP vs. SIG, GPI, SHAK, CPRI, AEO, GLBE, ABG, URBN, ZGN, and WEN
Should you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include Signet Jewelers (SIG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Capri (CPRI), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Global-E Online (GLBE), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), and Wendy's (WEN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Signet Jewelers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Advance Auto Parts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Advance Auto Parts pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Signet Jewelers pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Signet Jewelers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advance Auto Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Advance Auto Parts and Advance Auto Parts both had 9 articles in the media. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Advance Auto Parts' score of 0.80 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advance Auto Parts currently has a consensus price target of $64.56, suggesting a potential downside of 11.97%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus price target of $120.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.19%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
Advance Auto Parts received 130 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Advance Auto Parts an outperform vote.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Advance Auto Parts' net margin of 0.39%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 32.26% beat Advance Auto Parts' return on equity.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Advance Auto Parts on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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