Honest (HNST) Competitors

Honest (NASDAQ:HNST) and Revolve Group (NYSE:RVLV) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, HNST or RVLV?

Honest has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Revolve Group has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor HNST or RVLV?

In the previous week, Honest had 1 more articles in the media than Revolve Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Honest and 7 mentions for Revolve Group. Honest's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Revolve Group's score of 0.42 indicating that Honest is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Honest	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Revolve Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in HNST or RVLV?

45.5% of Honest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.6% of Revolve Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.6% of Honest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.6% of Revolve Group 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.

Do analysts recommend HNST or RVLV?

Honest currently has a consensus price target of $6.93, suggesting a potential upside of 21.02%. Revolve Group has a consensus price target of $29.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.51%. Given Honest's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Honest is more favorable than Revolve Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Honest	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Revolve Group	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HNST or RVLV?

Revolve Group received 158 more outperform votes than Honest when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.01% of users gave Revolve Group an outperform vote while only 40.28% of users gave Honest an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Honest	Outperform Votes 29 40.28%	Underperform Votes 43 59.72%
Revolve Group	Outperform Votes 187 57.01%	Underperform Votes 141 42.99%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, HNST or RVLV?

Revolve Group has higher revenue and earnings than Honest. Honest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Revolve Group, 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
Honest	$368.77M	1.57	-$39.24M	-$0.04	-143.13
Revolve Group	$1.07B	1.89	$28.15M	$0.56	51.06

Is HNST or RVLV more profitable?

Revolve Group has a net margin of 3.72% compared to Honest's net margin of -1.13%. Revolve Group's return on equity of 10.17% beat Honest's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Honest	-1.13%	-3.26%	-2.06%
Revolve Group	3.72%	10.17%	6.29%

Summary

Revolve Group beats Honest on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.