SIG vs. AAP, GPI, SHAK, CPRI, AEO, GLBE, ABG, URBN, ZGN, and WEN
Should you be buying Signet Jewelers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Signet Jewelers include Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Capri (CPRI), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Global-E Online (GLBE), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), and Wendy's (WEN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and profitability.
Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Advance Auto Parts received 130 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Advance Auto Parts an outperform vote.
Signet Jewelers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advance Auto Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Advance Auto Parts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Advance Auto Parts pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Signet Jewelers pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Signet Jewelers has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Advance Auto Parts had 3 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Advance Auto Parts and 7 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Advance Auto Parts' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.80 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Advance Auto Parts presently has a consensus target price of $64.56, suggesting a potential downside of 13.40%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $120.20, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Given Advance Auto Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Signet Jewelers shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 0.39%. Advance Auto Parts' return on equity of 32.26% beat Signet Jewelers' return on equity.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Advance Auto Parts on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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