PLCE vs. LE, DBI, ZUMZ, GCO, CTRN, TLYS, CATO, EXPR, BKE, and URBN
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Lands' End (LE), Designer Brands (DBI), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), Express (EXPR), Buckle (BKE), and Urban Outfitters (URBN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Lands' End (NASDAQ:LE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Children's Place currently has a consensus target price of $15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 51.97%. Lands' End has a consensus target price of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.82%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Lands' End.
Lands' End has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Children's Place. Lands' End is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Children's Place, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Lands' End had 15 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lands' End and 0 mentions for Children's Place. Children's Place's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Lands' End's score of 0.40 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Lands' End has a net margin of -9.35% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -9.64%. Lands' End's return on equity of -3.57% beat Children's Place's return on equity.
Children's Place has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lands' End has a beta of 2.79, suggesting that its stock price is 179% more volatile than the S&P 500.
37.5% of Lands' End shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Lands' End shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Children's Place received 385 more outperform votes than Lands' End when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.47% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 57.06% of users gave Lands' End an outperform vote.
Summary
Lands' End beats Children's Place on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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