BJ vs. SKX, SRAD, RL, SN, CHDN, WYNN, TTC, BIRK, ROKU, and CROX
Should you be buying BJ's Wholesale Club stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BJ's Wholesale Club include Skechers U.S.A. (SKX), Sportradar Group (SRAD), Ralph Lauren (RL), SharkNinja (SN), Churchill Downs (CHDN), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Toro (TTC), Birkenstock (BIRK), Roku (ROKU), and Crocs (CROX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) and Skechers U.S.A. (NYSE:SKX) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Skechers U.S.A. has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BJ's Wholesale Club. Skechers U.S.A. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Wholesale Club, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.8% of Skechers U.S.A. shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, BJ's Wholesale Club and BJ's Wholesale Club both had 21 articles in the media. Skechers U.S.A.'s average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat BJ's Wholesale Club's score of 0.53 indicating that Skechers U.S.A. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skechers U.S.A. has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Skechers U.S.A. has a net margin of 7.17% compared to BJ's Wholesale Club's net margin of 2.64%. BJ's Wholesale Club's return on equity of 40.84% beat Skechers U.S.A.'s return on equity.
Skechers U.S.A. received 608 more outperform votes than BJ's Wholesale Club when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.61% of users gave Skechers U.S.A. an outperform vote while only 53.60% of users gave BJ's Wholesale Club an outperform vote.
BJ's Wholesale Club presently has a consensus price target of $74.40, suggesting a potential downside of 6.72%. Skechers U.S.A. has a consensus price target of $66.83, suggesting a potential downside of 2.32%. Given Skechers U.S.A.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skechers U.S.A. is more favorable than BJ's Wholesale Club.
Summary
Skechers U.S.A. beats BJ's Wholesale Club on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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