AAN vs. LANV, LCUT, HBB, VIRC, KNDI, EVC, GPRO, JAKK, HOFT, and CLAR
Should you be buying Aaron's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aaron's include Lanvin Group (LANV), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Hamilton Beach Brands (HBB), Virco Mfg. (VIRC), Kandi Technologies Group (KNDI), Entravision Communications (EVC), GoPro (GPRO), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Hooker Furnishings (HOFT), and Clarus (CLAR). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Aaron's (NYSE:AAN) and Lanvin Group (NYSE:LANV) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Aaron's has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lanvin Group has a beta of -0.12, suggesting that its share price is 112% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lanvin Group has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Aaron's' net margin of -1.15%. Aaron's' return on equity of 0.02% beat Lanvin Group's return on equity.
Aaron's received 536 more outperform votes than Lanvin Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.43% of users gave Aaron's an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Lanvin Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Aaron's had 1 more articles in the media than Lanvin Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aaron's and 2 mentions for Lanvin Group. Aaron's' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Lanvin Group's score of 0.31 indicating that Aaron's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Aaron's has higher revenue and earnings than Lanvin Group.
92.0% of Aaron's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Lanvin Group shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Aaron's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Lanvin Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Aaron's currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 51.52%. Lanvin Group has a consensus target price of $5.00, suggesting a potential upside of 208.64%. Given Lanvin Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lanvin Group is more favorable than Aaron's.
Summary
Aaron's beats Lanvin Group on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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