LESL vs. ARKO, BWMX, SFIX, LVRO, TDUP, HVT.A, NXXT, BNED, LE, and TTSH
Should you be buying Leslie's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Leslie's include Arko (ARKO), Betterware de México, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (BWMX), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Lavoro (LVRO), ThredUp (TDUP), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), Nextnrg (NXXT), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Lands' End (LE), and Tile Shop (TTSH). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Leslie's vs.
Arko (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Leslie's (NASDAQ:LESL) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Arko has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Leslie's has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.3% of Arko shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Arko shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Leslie's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Arko has a net margin of 0.27% compared to Leslie's' net margin of -2.13%. Arko's return on equity of 8.88% beat Leslie's' return on equity.
Arko presently has a consensus target price of $6.58, suggesting a potential upside of 65.41%. Leslie's has a consensus target price of $2.65, suggesting a potential upside of 385.05%. Given Leslie's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Leslie's is more favorable than Arko.
Arko has higher revenue and earnings than Leslie's. Leslie's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arko, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Leslie's received 30 more outperform votes than Arko when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 36.84% of users gave Arko an outperform vote while only 34.65% of users gave Leslie's an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Leslie's had 18 more articles in the media than Arko. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Leslie's and 7 mentions for Arko. Arko's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Leslie's' score of 0.41 indicating that Arko is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Arko beats Leslie's on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:LESL) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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