RENT vs. KIRK, BARK, FAT, BGFV, CONN, LVLU, PETS, NDLS, FARM, and FOSL
Should you be buying Rent the Runway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rent the Runway include Kirkland's (KIRK), BARK (BARK), FAT Brands (FAT), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Conn's (CONN), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), PetMed Express (PETS), Noodles & Company (NDLS), Farmer Bros. (FARM), and Fossil Group (FOSL). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) and Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
Kirkland's has higher revenue and earnings than Rent the Runway. Rent the Runway is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirkland's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirkland's has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Kirkland's' net margin of -37.96%. Kirkland's' return on equity of 0.00% beat Rent the Runway's return on equity.
Kirkland's has a beta of 2.27, suggesting that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rent the Runway has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kirkland's currently has a consensus price target of $4.88, indicating a potential upside of 155.91%. Rent the Runway has a consensus price target of $31.88, indicating a potential downside of 4.94%. Given Rent the Runway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Kirkland's is more favorable than Rent the Runway.
In the previous week, Kirkland's and Kirkland's both had 12 articles in the media. Kirkland's' average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Rent the Runway's score of 0.17 indicating that Rent the Runway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kirkland's received 146 more outperform votes than Rent the Runway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.22% of users gave Kirkland's an outperform vote while only 66.90% of users gave Rent the Runway an outperform vote.
15.4% of Kirkland's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.5% of Kirkland's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Rent the Runway 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.
Summary
Kirkland's beats Rent the Runway on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RENT 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 NASDAQ 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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