AKA vs. SFIX, QRTEA, TDUP, LITB, VGII, LVLU, GROV, OG, PIK, and BWMX
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include Stitch Fix (SFIX), Qurate Retail (QRTEA), ThredUp (TDUP), LightInTheBox (LITB), Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (VGII), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), Grove Collaborative (GROV), Onion Global (OG), Kidpik (PIK), and Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX).
a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) and Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
a.k.a. Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than a.k.a. Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Stitch Fix received 640 more outperform votes than a.k.a. Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.42% of users gave Stitch Fix an outperform vote while only 31.15% of users gave a.k.a. Brands an outperform vote.
a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stitch Fix has a beta of 1.98, indicating that its stock price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
a.k.a. Brands presently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential downside of 14.71%. Stitch Fix has a consensus price target of $3.20, indicating a potential downside of 13.87%. Given Stitch Fix's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Stitch Fix is more favorable than a.k.a. Brands.
55.3% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of Stitch Fix shares are held by institutional investors. 17.1% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 25.9% of Stitch Fix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Stitch Fix has a net margin of -8.68% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -18.11%. a.k.a. Brands' return on equity of -17.80% beat Stitch Fix's return on equity.
In the previous week, Stitch Fix had 30 more articles in the media than a.k.a. Brands. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Stitch Fix and 1 mentions for a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Stitch Fix's score of 0.77 indicating that a.k.a. Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Stitch Fix beats a.k.a. Brands on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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