BRBY vs. WOSG, IHG, NXT, SKG, JD, MKS, BKG, WTB, TW, and SMDS
Should you be buying Burberry Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burberry Group include Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), NEXT (NXT), Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG), JD Sports Fashion (JD), Marks and Spencer Group (MKS), The Berkeley Group (BKG), Whitbread (WTB), Taylor Wimpey (TW), and DS Smith (SMDS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
Burberry Group (LON:BRBY) and Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Burberry Group had 1 more articles in the media than Watches of Switzerland Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Burberry Group and 1 mentions for Watches of Switzerland Group. Watches of Switzerland Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Burberry Group's score of -0.02 indicating that Watches of Switzerland Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Burberry Group has a beta of 1.13, suggesting that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watches of Switzerland Group has a beta of 2.07, suggesting that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.7% of Burberry Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.0% of Watches of Switzerland Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Burberry Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Watches of Switzerland Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Burberry Group has a net margin of 9.10% compared to Watches of Switzerland Group's net margin of 6.77%. Watches of Switzerland Group's return on equity of 22.14% beat Burberry Group's return on equity.
Burberry Group has higher revenue and earnings than Watches of Switzerland Group. Watches of Switzerland Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burberry Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burberry Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,732.33, indicating a potential upside of 64.36%. Watches of Switzerland Group has a consensus target price of GBX 481.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.23%. Given Burberry Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Burberry Group is more favorable than Watches of Switzerland Group.
Burberry Group received 538 more outperform votes than Watches of Switzerland Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.11% of users gave Watches of Switzerland Group an outperform vote while only 45.05% of users gave Burberry Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Burberry Group beats Watches of Switzerland Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BRBY and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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