1-800 FLOWERS.COM (FLWS) Competitors

PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) and 1-800 FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do analysts prefer PETS or FLWS?

PetMed Express presently has a consensus target price of $3.35, suggesting a potential upside of 10.20%. 1-800 FLOWERS.COM has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.89%. Given 1-800 FLOWERS.COM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe 1-800 FLOWERS.COM is more favorable than PetMed Express.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PetMed Express	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PETS or FLWS?

1-800 FLOWERS.COM has higher revenue and earnings than PetMed Express. 1-800 FLOWERS.COM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetMed Express, 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
PetMed Express	$281.06M	0.22	-$7.46M	$0.01	304.00
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	$1.83B	0.19	-$6.11M	-$2.65	-2.04

Which has more risk and volatility, PETS or FLWS?

PetMed Express has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1-800 FLOWERS.COM has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PETS or FLWS?

73.3% of PetMed Express shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of 1-800 FLOWERS.COM shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of PetMed Express shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 51.0% of 1-800 FLOWERS.COM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PETS or FLWS more profitable?

PetMed Express has a net margin of 0.14% compared to 1-800 FLOWERS.COM's net margin of -9.88%. PetMed Express' return on equity of 0.37% beat 1-800 FLOWERS.COM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PetMed Express	0.14%	0.37%	0.23%
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	-9.88%	-7.12%	-3.04%

Does the media prefer PETS or FLWS?

In the previous week, PetMed Express had 1 more articles in the media than 1-800 FLOWERS.COM. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PetMed Express and 4 mentions for 1-800 FLOWERS.COM. 1-800 FLOWERS.COM's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat PetMed Express' score of 0.37 indicating that 1-800 FLOWERS.COM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PetMed Express	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

PetMed Express beats 1-800 FLOWERS.COM on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.