LESL vs. HNST, BBW, SFIX, ARKO, SGU, BWMX, ZKH, LVRO, BNED, and HVT.A
Should you be buying Leslie's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leslie's include Honest (HNST), Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Arko (ARKO), Star Group (SGU), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX), ZKH Group (ZKH), Lavoro (LVRO), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), and Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Leslie's vs.
Honest (NASDAQ:HNST) and Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
Leslie's received 15 more outperform votes than Honest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 39.73% of users gave Honest an outperform vote while only 34.65% of users gave Leslie's an outperform vote.
Honest has a beta of 2.45, suggesting that its stock price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leslie's has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Honest has a net margin of -1.13% compared to Leslie's' net margin of -2.13%. Honest's return on equity of -3.26% beat Leslie's' return on equity.
Honest currently has a consensus target price of $7.42, indicating a potential upside of 48.93%. Leslie's has a consensus target price of $2.65, indicating a potential upside of 204.23%. Given Leslie's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Leslie's is more favorable than Honest.
Leslie's has higher revenue and earnings than Honest. Honest is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Leslie's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
45.5% of Honest shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Honest shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Leslie's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Honest had 4 more articles in the media than Leslie's. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Honest and 5 mentions for Leslie's. Honest's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Leslie's' score of 0.47 indicating that Honest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Honest beats Leslie's on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LESL) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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