DXLG vs. PLCE, DLTH, LE, TLYS, STKS, CTRN, DTC, THCH, BARK, and VRA
Should you be buying Destination XL Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Destination XL Group include Children's Place (PLCE), Duluth (DLTH), Lands' End (LE), Tilly's (TLYS), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Citi Trends (CTRN), Solo Brands (DTC), TH International (THCH), BARK (BARK), and Vera Bradley (VRA).
Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) and Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Destination XL Group presently has a consensus target price of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 28.94%. Children's Place has a consensus target price of $16.50, suggesting a potential upside of 35.47%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Destination XL Group.
In the previous week, Destination XL Group had 2 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Destination XL Group and 1 mentions for Children's Place. Children's Place's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Destination XL Group's score of 0.37 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Destination XL Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destination XL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Children's Place has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Children's Place received 671 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.52% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.
Destination XL Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -9.64%. Destination XL Group's return on equity of 21.84% beat Children's Place's return on equity.
Summary
Destination XL Group beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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