Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT) Competitors

Brilliant Earth Group (NASDAQ:BRLT) and Eastman Kodak (NYSE:KODK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BRLT or KODK?

Eastman Kodak received 144 more outperform votes than Brilliant Earth Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.38% of users gave Brilliant Earth Group an outperform vote while only 52.65% of users gave Eastman Kodak an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brilliant Earth Group	Outperform Votes 35 57.38%	Underperform Votes 26 42.62%
Eastman Kodak	Outperform Votes 179 52.65%	Underperform Votes 161 47.35%

Do analysts rate BRLT or KODK?

Brilliant Earth Group currently has a consensus target price of $2.40, suggesting a potential upside of 72.04%. Given Brilliant Earth Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brilliant Earth Group is more favorable than Eastman Kodak.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brilliant Earth Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Eastman Kodak	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BRLT or KODK?

70.4% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.7% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by institutional investors. 84.7% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.9% of Eastman Kodak shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BRLT or KODK?

Eastman Kodak has higher revenue and earnings than Brilliant Earth Group. Eastman Kodak is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brilliant Earth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brilliant Earth Group	$446.38M	0.31	$580K	$0.03	46.52
Eastman Kodak	$1.12B	0.51	$75M	$0.70	10.11

Is BRLT or KODK more profitable?

Eastman Kodak has a net margin of 7.70% compared to Brilliant Earth Group's net margin of 0.50%. Eastman Kodak's return on equity of 8.47% beat Brilliant Earth Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brilliant Earth Group	0.50%	3.09%	1.15%
Eastman Kodak	7.70%	8.47%	3.43%

Does the media refer more to BRLT or KODK?

In the previous week, Brilliant Earth Group had 7 more articles in the media than Eastman Kodak. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Brilliant Earth Group and 0 mentions for Eastman Kodak. Eastman Kodak's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Brilliant Earth Group's score of 0.59 indicating that Eastman Kodak is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Brilliant Earth Group	Positive
Eastman Kodak	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BRLT or KODK?

Brilliant Earth Group has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eastman Kodak has a beta of 3.66, suggesting that its stock price is 266% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Eastman Kodak beats Brilliant Earth Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.