DAVIDsTEA (DTEA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, DNUT or DTEA?

Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DAVIDsTEA has a beta of 2.66, suggesting that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DNUT or DTEA?

Krispy Kreme presently has a consensus price target of $12.29, suggesting a potential upside of 195.69%. Given Krispy Kreme's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than DAVIDsTEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Krispy Kreme	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
DAVIDsTEA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer DNUT or DTEA?

In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 12 more articles in the media than DAVIDsTEA. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 1 mentions for DAVIDsTEA. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat DAVIDsTEA's score of 0.00 indicating that Krispy Kreme is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Krispy Kreme	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
DAVIDsTEA	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DNUT or DTEA?

DAVIDsTEA has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Krispy Kreme	$1.67B	0.42	-$37.92M	$0.02	207.75
DAVIDsTEA	$91.55M	0.15	$62.38M	-$0.30	-1.73

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DNUT or DTEA?

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

Is DNUT or DTEA 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
Krispy Kreme	1.64%	0.53%	0.21%
DAVIDsTEA	-10.92%	-13.69%	-8.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNUT or DTEA?

DAVIDsTEA received 203 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 42.17% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote while only 39.67% of users gave DAVIDsTEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Krispy Kreme	Outperform Votes 35 42.17%	Underperform Votes 48 57.83%
DAVIDsTEA	Outperform Votes 238 39.67%	Underperform Votes 362 60.33%

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats DAVIDsTEA on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.