Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT) Competitors

Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) and Brilliant Earth Group (NASDAQ:BRLT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and dividends.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DBI or BRLT?

Designer Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Brilliant Earth Group. Designer Brands 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
Designer Brands	$3.07B	0.09	$29.06M	-$0.10	-50.40
Brilliant Earth Group	$446.38M	0.38	$580K	$0.03	57.02

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DBI or BRLT?

Designer Brands received 633 more outperform votes than Brilliant Earth Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.43% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Brilliant Earth Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Designer Brands	Outperform Votes 668 59.43%	Underperform Votes 456 40.57%
Brilliant Earth Group	Outperform Votes 35 59.32%	Underperform Votes 24 40.68%

Which has more volatility & risk, DBI or BRLT?

Designer Brands has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brilliant Earth Group has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DBI or BRLT?

Designer Brands currently has a consensus target price of $7.83, indicating a potential upside of 55.42%. Brilliant Earth Group has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.44%. Given Brilliant Earth Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Brilliant Earth Group is more favorable than Designer Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Designer Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Brilliant Earth Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is DBI or BRLT more profitable?

Brilliant Earth Group has a net margin of 0.50% compared to Designer Brands' net margin of -0.16%. Designer Brands' return on equity of 3.12% beat Brilliant Earth Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Designer Brands	-0.16%	3.12%	0.54%
Brilliant Earth Group	0.50%	3.09%	1.15%

Does the media prefer DBI or BRLT?

In the previous week, Brilliant Earth Group had 5 more articles in the media than Designer Brands. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Brilliant Earth Group and 1 mentions for Designer Brands. Designer Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Brilliant Earth Group's score of 0.99 indicating that Designer Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Designer Brands	Positive
Brilliant Earth Group	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DBI or BRLT?

88.8% of Designer Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by institutional investors. 63.1% of Designer Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 84.7% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Brilliant Earth Group beats Designer Brands on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.