ULTA vs. MTCH, TSCO, DKS, FIVE, SIG, ODP, WINA, SBH, HIBB, and HZO
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include Match Group (MTCH), Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), Hibbett (HIBB), and MarineMax (HZO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) and Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.
Ulta Beauty received 663 more outperform votes than Match Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote while only 67.11% of users gave Match Group an outperform vote.
90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Match Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Match Group has a net margin of 19.03% compared to Ulta Beauty's net margin of 11.13%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 59.30% beat Match Group's return on equity.
Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Match Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Match Group. Match Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ulta Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 57 more articles in the media than Match Group. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 12 mentions for Match Group. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Match Group's score of 0.29 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ulta Beauty presently has a consensus price target of $507.30, indicating a potential upside of 28.40%. Match Group has a consensus price target of $42.43, indicating a potential upside of 38.51%. Given Match Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Match Group is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats Match Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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