DAVIDsTEA (DTEA) Competitors

DAVIDsTEA (NASDAQ:DTEA) and Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DTEA or DNUT?

DAVIDsTEA received 205 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.77% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote while only 40.68% of users gave DAVIDsTEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DAVIDsTEA	Outperform Votes 238 40.68%	Underperform Votes 347 59.32%
Krispy Kreme	Outperform Votes 33 41.77%	Underperform Votes 46 58.23%

Does the media refer more to DTEA or DNUT?

In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 5 more articles in the media than DAVIDsTEA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 1 mentions for DAVIDsTEA. DAVIDsTEA's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Krispy Kreme's score of 0.48 indicating that DAVIDsTEA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DAVIDsTEA	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Krispy Kreme	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, DTEA or DNUT?

DAVIDsTEA has a beta of 2.66, indicating that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DTEA or DNUT?

0.9% of DAVIDsTEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DAVIDsTEA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, DTEA or DNUT?

DAVIDsTEA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Krispy Kreme. DAVIDsTEA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krispy Kreme, 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
DAVIDsTEA	$91.55M	0.09	$62.38M	-$0.30	-1.08
Krispy Kreme	$1.71B	0.94	-$37.92M	$0.17	55.65

Do analysts rate DTEA or DNUT?

Krispy Kreme has a consensus price target of $15.56, indicating a potential upside of 64.44%. Given Krispy Kreme's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than DAVIDsTEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DAVIDsTEA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Krispy Kreme	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Is DTEA or DNUT more profitable?

Krispy Kreme has a net margin of 1.64% compared to DAVIDsTEA's net margin of -10.92%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of 0.53% beat DAVIDsTEA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DAVIDsTEA	-10.92%	-13.69%	-8.24%
Krispy Kreme	1.64%	0.53%	0.21%

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats DAVIDsTEA on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.