SGU vs. SBH, LESL, WOOF, FLWS, RERE, TITN, NEGG, BARK, HITI, and NAAS
Should you be buying Star Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Group include Sally Beauty (SBH), Leslie's (LESL), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), ATRenew (RERE), Titan Machinery (TITN), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), BARK (BARK), High Tide (HITI), and NaaS Technology (NAAS). These companies are all part of the "retail stores, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) and Star Group (NYSE:SGU) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
Sally Beauty received 302 more outperform votes than Star Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.32% of users gave Star Group an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Sally Beauty an outperform vote.
Sally Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Star Group. Sally Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sally Beauty has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Star Group has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Sally Beauty had 1 more articles in the media than Star Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Sally Beauty and 1 mentions for Star Group. Star Group's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Sally Beauty's score of -1.00 indicating that Sally Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
40.4% of Star Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Sally Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.4% of Star Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sally Beauty has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Sally Beauty's net margin of 2.15%. Star Group's return on equity of 34.23% beat Sally Beauty's return on equity.
Sally Beauty presently has a consensus target price of $12.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.00%. Given Star Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sally Beauty is more favorable than Star Group.
Summary
Sally Beauty beats Star Group on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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