KIRK vs. BBBY, HOME, W, WSM, RH, HVT, AAN, YJ, BQ, and SECOY
Should you be buying Kirkland's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirkland's include Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), At Home Group (HOME), Wayfair (W), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), RH (RH), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Aaron's (AAN), Yunji (YJ), Boqii (BQ), and Secoo (SECOY).
Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) and Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Bed Bath & Beyond received 431 more outperform votes than Kirkland's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.22% of users gave Kirkland's an outperform vote while only 52.06% of users gave Bed Bath & Beyond an outperform vote.
Kirkland's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bed Bath & Beyond. Kirkland's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bed Bath & Beyond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirkland's has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Kirkland's' net margin of -20.54%. Kirkland's' return on equity of 0.00% beat Bed Bath & Beyond's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kirkland's had 12 more articles in the media than Bed Bath & Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Kirkland's and 0 mentions for Bed Bath & Beyond. Bed Bath & Beyond's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Kirkland's' score of 0.00 indicating that Kirkland's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
64.2% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 15.4% of Kirkland's shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Kirkland's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirkland's has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kirkland's has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 98.98%. Given Bed Bath & Beyond's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kirkland's is more favorable than Bed Bath & Beyond.
Summary
Kirkland's beats Bed Bath & Beyond on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KIRK and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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