TLYS vs. CTRN, ZUMZ, CURV, STKS, DTC, THCH, DXLG, PLCE, BARK, and BIG
Should you be buying Tilly's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tilly's include Citi Trends (CTRN), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Torrid (CURV), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Solo Brands (DTC), TH International (THCH), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Children's Place (PLCE), BARK (BARK), and Big Lots (BIG). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Tilly's received 191 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.56% of users gave Tilly's an outperform vote while only 55.44% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote.
Tilly's currently has a consensus target price of $7.88, suggesting a potential upside of 29.74%. Citi Trends has a consensus target price of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 19.05%. Given Tilly's' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Tilly's is more favorable than Citi Trends.
76.4% of Tilly's shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.1% of Tilly's shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Citi Trends shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Citi Trends has higher revenue and earnings than Tilly's. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tilly's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Citi Trends has a net margin of -1.60% compared to Tilly's' net margin of -5.54%. Citi Trends' return on equity of -6.74% beat Tilly's' return on equity.
In the previous week, Citi Trends had 7 more articles in the media than Tilly's. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Citi Trends and 0 mentions for Tilly's. Tilly's' average media sentiment score of 1.93 beat Citi Trends' score of 1.41 indicating that Tilly's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tilly's has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tilly's and Citi Trends tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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