VRA vs. DIBS, BARK, BRLT, CTRN, PBPB, DXLG, NATH, TLYS, STKS, and DTC
Should you be buying Vera Bradley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Bradley include 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), BARK (BARK), Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT), Citi Trends (CTRN), Potbelly (PBPB), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Tilly's (TLYS), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), and Solo Brands (DTC). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and 1stdibs.Com (NASDAQ:DIBS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.89, suggesting that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1stdibs.Com has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of 1stdibs.Com shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of 1stdibs.Com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vera Bradley has higher revenue and earnings than 1stdibs.Com. 1stdibs.Com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vera Bradley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, 1stdibs.Com had 5 more articles in the media than Vera Bradley. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for 1stdibs.Com and 2 mentions for Vera Bradley. 1stdibs.Com's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Vera Bradley's score of 0.51 indicating that 1stdibs.Com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vera Bradley received 347 more outperform votes than 1stdibs.Com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.83% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 34.29% of users gave 1stdibs.Com an outperform vote.
Vera Bradley has a net margin of 1.66% compared to 1stdibs.Com's net margin of -21.13%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of 6.69% beat 1stdibs.Com's return on equity.
Vera Bradley presently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.88%. 1stdibs.Com has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.37%. Given 1stdibs.Com's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 1stdibs.Com is more favorable than Vera Bradley.
Summary
Vera Bradley beats 1stdibs.Com on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VRA 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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