BGFV vs. BNED, SPWH, FL, TSCO, DKS, ULTA, FIVE, SIG, ODP, and WINA
Should you be buying Big 5 Sporting Goods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Big 5 Sporting Goods include Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), Foot Locker (FL), Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), and Winmark (WINA).
Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) and Barnes & Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
42.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.5% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of Big 5 Sporting Goods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Barnes & Noble Education shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Barnes & Noble Education had 3 more articles in the media than Big 5 Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Barnes & Noble Education and 5 mentions for Big 5 Sporting Goods. Big 5 Sporting Goods' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Barnes & Noble Education's score of 0.55 indicating that Big 5 Sporting Goods is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Big 5 Sporting Goods has a net margin of -1.82% compared to Barnes & Noble Education's net margin of -5.22%. Big 5 Sporting Goods' return on equity of -6.26% beat Barnes & Noble Education's return on equity.
Big 5 Sporting Goods has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Barnes & Noble Education. Big 5 Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Barnes & Noble Education, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Big 5 Sporting Goods received 115 more outperform votes than Barnes & Noble Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.85% of users gave Big 5 Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 55.58% of users gave Barnes & Noble Education an outperform vote.
Big 5 Sporting Goods has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Barnes & Noble Education has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Big 5 Sporting Goods presently has a consensus price target of $9.50, suggesting a potential upside of 176.97%. Barnes & Noble Education has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 286.03%. Given Barnes & Noble Education's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Barnes & Noble Education is more favorable than Big 5 Sporting Goods.
Summary
Big 5 Sporting Goods beats Barnes & Noble Education on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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