Five Below (FIVE) Competitors

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and community ranking.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FIVE or SIG?

Signet Jewelers has higher revenue and earnings than Five Below. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Below, 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
Five Below	$3.88B	0.82	$301.11M	$4.59	12.61
Signet Jewelers	$6.70B	0.35	$810.40M	-$0.76	-71.95

Is FIVE or SIG more profitable?

Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Five Below's net margin of 7.02%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 28.69% beat Five Below's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Below	7.02%	18.03%	7.20%
Signet Jewelers	8.57%	28.69%	9.42%

Which has more volatility and risk, FIVE or SIG?

Five Below has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIVE or SIG?

Five Below received 156 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.06% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 67.59% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five Below	Outperform Votes 947 67.59%	Underperform Votes 454 32.41%
Signet Jewelers	Outperform Votes 791 70.06%	Underperform Votes 338 29.94%

Does the media favor FIVE or SIG?

In the previous week, Five Below had 15 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Five Below and 15 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Five Below's score of 0.66 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Below	11 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Signet Jewelers	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate FIVE or SIG?

Five Below presently has a consensus target price of $101.42, indicating a potential upside of 75.23%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $81.60, indicating a potential upside of 49.22%. Given Five Below's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Five Below is more favorable than Signet Jewelers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Below	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Summary

Signet Jewelers beats Five Below on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.