CURV vs. ZUMZ, CTRN, TLYS, DBI, TAST, TITN, BIGC, FLWS, HZO, and MOV
Should you be buying Torrid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Torrid include Zumiez (ZUMZ), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Designer Brands (DBI), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Titan Machinery (TITN), BigCommerce (BIGC), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), MarineMax (HZO), and Movado Group (MOV). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Torrid (NYSE:CURV) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Zumiez had 2 more articles in the media than Torrid. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zumiez and 2 mentions for Torrid. Torrid's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Zumiez's score of -0.20 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zumiez has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Torrid has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Zumiez currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 12.85%. Torrid has a consensus price target of $4.39, suggesting a potential downside of 22.80%. Given Torrid's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Torrid.
Torrid has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Torrid, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zumiez received 552 more outperform votes than Torrid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 47.96% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote while only 37.70% of users gave Torrid an outperform vote.
95.5% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.8% of Torrid shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Torrid shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Torrid has a net margin of 0.99% compared to Torrid's net margin of -7.15%. Zumiez's return on equity of -5.42% beat Torrid's return on equity.
Summary
Torrid beats Zumiez on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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