PLCE vs. DXLG, LE, BIG, WISH, SPWH, WILC, CBD, RRGB, BIRD, and PSQH
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Destination XL Group (DXLG), Lands' End (LE), Big Lots (BIG), ContextLogic (WISH), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao (CBD), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Allbirds (BIRD), and PSQ (PSQH). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Destination XL Group had 3 more articles in the media than Children's Place. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Destination XL Group and 0 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 media.
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.
73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Destination XL Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Children's Place has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Children's Place presently has a consensus price target of $16.50, indicating a potential upside of 35.47%. Destination XL Group has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.94%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Destination XL Group.
Summary
Destination XL Group beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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