EM vs. WW, PET, RCKY, CLAR, LANV, APEI, HNST, WEYS, GPRO, and SGC
Should you be buying Smart Share Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Share Global include WW International (WW), Wag! Group (PET), Rocky Brands (RCKY), Clarus (CLAR), Lanvin Group (LANV), American Public Education (APEI), Honest (HNST), Weyco Group (WEYS), GoPro (GPRO), and Superior Group of Companies (SGC). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
WW International (NASDAQ:WW) and Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Smart Share Global has lower revenue, but higher earnings than WW International. WW International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Smart Share Global, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
WW International has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Smart Share Global has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
WW International received 469 more outperform votes than Smart Share Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Smart Share Global an outperform vote while only 59.60% of users gave WW International an outperform vote.
WW International currently has a consensus target price of $8.09, indicating a potential upside of 306.32%. Smart Share Global has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.54%. Given Smart Share Global's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe WW International is more favorable than Smart Share Global.
In the previous week, WW International had 15 more articles in the media than Smart Share Global. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for WW International and 0 mentions for Smart Share Global. Smart Share Global's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat WW International's score of 0.00 indicating that WW International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
86.2% of WW International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.0% of Smart Share Global shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of WW International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.8% of Smart Share Global shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smart Share Global has a net margin of 2.93% compared to Smart Share Global's net margin of -39.98%. WW International's return on equity of 3.18% beat Smart Share Global's return on equity.
Summary
Smart Share Global beats WW International on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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