Lands' End (LE) Competitors

Lands' End (NASDAQ:LE) and Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) 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 valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LE or DNUT?

Krispy Kreme has higher revenue and earnings than Lands' End. Lands' End 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
Lands' End	$1.47B	0.24	-$130.68M	-$0.66	-17.12
Krispy Kreme	$1.69B	0.92	-$37.92M	$0.17	53.82

Do analysts rate LE or DNUT?

Lands' End presently has a consensus target price of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 76.99%. Krispy Kreme has a consensus target price of $15.25, indicating a potential upside of 66.67%. Given Lands' End's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lands' End is more favorable than Krispy Kreme.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lands' End	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Krispy Kreme	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78

Which has more volatility and risk, LE or DNUT?

Lands' End has a beta of 2.71, meaning that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LE or DNUT more profitable?

Krispy Kreme has a net margin of 1.64% compared to Lands' End's net margin of -1.46%. Lands' End's return on equity of 1.24% beat Krispy Kreme's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lands' End	-1.46%	1.24%	0.35%
Krispy Kreme	1.64%	0.53%	0.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LE or DNUT?

37.5% of Lands' End shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Lands' End shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer LE or DNUT?

In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 9 more articles in the media than Lands' End. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 3 mentions for Lands' End. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Lands' End's score of 0.32 indicating that Krispy Kreme is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lands' End	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Krispy Kreme	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LE or DNUT?

Lands' End received 271 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.36% of users gave Lands' End an outperform vote while only 41.25% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lands' End	Outperform Votes 304 57.36%	Underperform Votes 226 42.64%
Krispy Kreme	Outperform Votes 33 41.25%	Underperform Votes 47 58.75%

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats Lands' End on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.