AKA vs. QRTEA, SFIX, DIBS, MYTE, DDL, HEPS, WISH, JMIA, JILL, and GCO
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include Qurate Retail (QRTEA), Stitch Fix (SFIX), 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), ContextLogic (WISH), Jumia Technologies (JMIA), J.Jill (JILL), and Genesco (GCO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) and Qurate Retail (NASDAQ:QRTEA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Qurate Retail has a net margin of -1.56% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -18.11%. Qurate Retail's return on equity of 23.19% beat a.k.a. Brands' return on equity.
In the previous week, a.k.a. Brands had 5 more articles in the media than Qurate Retail. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for a.k.a. Brands and 1 mentions for Qurate Retail. a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Qurate Retail's score of 0.82 indicating that a.k.a. Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
a.k.a. Brands presently has a consensus target price of $14.50, suggesting a potential downside of 44.59%. Qurate Retail has a consensus target price of $1.10, suggesting a potential upside of 48.31%. Given Qurate Retail's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Qurate Retail is more favorable than a.k.a. Brands.
a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Qurate Retail has a beta of 2.75, indicating that its share price is 175% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Qurate Retail received 820 more outperform votes than a.k.a. Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Qurate Retail an outperform vote while only 31.15% of users gave a.k.a. Brands an outperform vote.
a.k.a. Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Qurate Retail. a.k.a. Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Qurate Retail, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Qurate Retail shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.2% of Qurate Retail shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Qurate Retail beats a.k.a. Brands on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get a.k.a. Brands News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AKA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AKA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
a.k.a. Brands Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
