PNST vs. SCX, SGA, BSET, AENT, AOUT, DLTH, UONE, ALTO, GAIA, and SKLZ
Should you be buying Pinstripes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pinstripes include L.S. Starrett (SCX), Saga Communications (SGA), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Alliance Entertainment (AENT), American Outdoor Brands (AOUT), Duluth (DLTH), Urban One (UONE), Alto Ingredients (ALTO), Gaia (GAIA), and Skillz (SKLZ). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
L.S. Starrett (NYSE:SCX) and Pinstripes (NYSE:PNST) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
L.S. Starrett has a net margin of 5.02% compared to L.S. Starrett's net margin of 0.00%. Pinstripes' return on equity of 2.44% beat L.S. Starrett's return on equity.
L.S. Starrett has higher revenue and earnings than Pinstripes.
43.4% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Pinstripes shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of L.S. Starrett shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.8% of Pinstripes shares are held 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.
In the previous week, L.S. Starrett had 3 more articles in the media than Pinstripes. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for L.S. Starrett and 1 mentions for Pinstripes. Pinstripes' average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat L.S. Starrett's score of -0.71 indicating that L.S. Starrett is being referred to more favorably in the media.
L.S. Starrett received 178 more outperform votes than Pinstripes when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Pinstripes an outperform vote while only 66.18% of users gave L.S. Starrett an outperform vote.
Pinstripes has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 104.78%. Given L.S. Starrett's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pinstripes is more favorable than L.S. Starrett.
L.S. Starrett has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pinstripes has a beta of -0.1, meaning that its share price is 110% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
L.S. Starrett beats Pinstripes on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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