BIG vs. WISH, PLCE, SPWH, WILC, RRGB, BIRD, PSQH, TZOO, CATO, and NDLS
Should you be buying Big Lots stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big Lots include ContextLogic (WISH), Children's Place (PLCE), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Allbirds (BIRD), PSQ (PSQH), Travelzoo (TZOO), Cato (CATO), and Noodles & Company (NDLS). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Big Lots (NYSE:BIG) and ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
ContextLogic has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Big Lots. ContextLogic is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Big Lots, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Big Lots had 10 more articles in the media than ContextLogic. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Big Lots and 0 mentions for ContextLogic. Big Lots' average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat ContextLogic's score of 0.00 indicating that Big Lots is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Big Lots has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its share price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ContextLogic has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Big Lots has a net margin of -10.20% compared to ContextLogic's net margin of -131.05%. Big Lots' return on equity of -90.53% beat ContextLogic's return on equity.
76.0% of Big Lots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of ContextLogic shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Big Lots shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of ContextLogic shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Big Lots received 637 more outperform votes than ContextLogic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.07% of users gave Big Lots an outperform vote while only 47.89% of users gave ContextLogic an outperform vote.
Big Lots currently has a consensus target price of $5.25, indicating a potential upside of 41.89%. Given Big Lots' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Big Lots is more favorable than ContextLogic.
Summary
Big Lots beats ContextLogic on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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