GME vs. LEVI, W, TPX, CAVA, TPR, FBIN, MTCH, GPS, MNSO, and FIVE
Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Wayfair (W), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), CAVA Group (CAVA), Tapestry (TPR), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Match Group (MTCH), GAP (GPS), MINISO Group (MNSO), and Five Below (FIVE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
GameStop (NYSE:GME) and Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
Levi Strauss & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than GameStop. Levi Strauss & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameStop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
GameStop has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Levi Strauss & Co. has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GameStop currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential downside of 68.31%. Levi Strauss & Co. has a consensus price target of $20.56, suggesting a potential downside of 6.57%. Given Levi Strauss & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Levi Strauss & Co. is more favorable than GameStop.
29.2% of GameStop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.3% of GameStop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Levi Strauss & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GameStop received 1192 more outperform votes than Levi Strauss & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.85% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote while only 61.06% of users gave Levi Strauss & Co. an outperform vote.
Levi Strauss & Co. has a net margin of 2.05% compared to GameStop's net margin of 0.13%. Levi Strauss & Co.'s return on equity of 20.68% beat GameStop's return on equity.
In the previous week, GameStop had 126 more articles in the media than Levi Strauss & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 135 mentions for GameStop and 9 mentions for Levi Strauss & Co.. Levi Strauss & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat GameStop's score of 0.23 indicating that Levi Strauss & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Levi Strauss & Co. beats GameStop on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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