Duluth (DLTH) Competitors

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Duluth (NASDAQ:DLTH) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Is ZUMZ or DLTH more profitable?

Duluth has a net margin of -5.26% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -5.60%. Zumiez's return on equity of -2.67% beat Duluth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zumiez	-5.60%	-2.67%	-1.34%
Duluth	-5.26%	-7.28%	-3.07%

Do analysts rate ZUMZ or DLTH?

Zumiez presently has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.82%. Duluth has a consensus target price of $3.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.74%. Given Zumiez's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Duluth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Duluth	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ZUMZ or DLTH?

Duluth has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Duluth, 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
Zumiez	$891.86M	0.31	-$62.61M	-$2.57	-5.53
Duluth	$646.68M	0.13	-$9.36M	-$0.99	-2.77

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ZUMZ or DLTH?

Zumiez received 220 more outperform votes than Duluth when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.73% of users gave Duluth an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%
Duluth	Outperform Votes 355 63.73%	Underperform Votes 202 36.27%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ZUMZ or DLTH?

95.4% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.4% of Duluth shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 35.3% of Duluth shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, ZUMZ or DLTH?

Zumiez has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Duluth has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ZUMZ or DLTH?

In the previous week, Duluth had 15 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Duluth and 1 mentions for Zumiez. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Duluth's score of -0.02 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zumiez	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Duluth	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Zumiez and Duluth tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.