Lovesac (LOVE) Competitors

Lovesac (NASDAQ:LOVE) and Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Is LOVE or GO more profitable?

Lovesac has a net margin of 1.41% compared to Grocery Outlet's net margin of 1.20%. Grocery Outlet's return on equity of 5.25% beat Lovesac's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lovesac	1.41%	4.83%	2.09%
Grocery Outlet	1.20%	5.25%	2.11%

Do analysts prefer LOVE or GO?

Lovesac currently has a consensus price target of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.22%. Grocery Outlet has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 1.01%. Given Lovesac's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lovesac is more favorable than Grocery Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lovesac	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Grocery Outlet	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LOVE or GO?

91.3% of Lovesac shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of Lovesac shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LOVE or GO?

Grocery Outlet has higher revenue and earnings than Lovesac. Grocery Outlet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lovesac, 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
Lovesac	$700.27M	0.69	$23.86M	$0.51	60.82
Grocery Outlet	$4.26B	0.41	$79.44M	$0.51	34.94

Does the media refer more to LOVE or GO?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 9 more articles in the media than Lovesac. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 2 mentions for Lovesac. Lovesac's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Grocery Outlet's score of 0.35 indicating that Lovesac is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lovesac	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Grocery Outlet	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LOVE or GO?

Lovesac received 132 more outperform votes than Grocery Outlet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.62% of users gave Lovesac an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave Grocery Outlet an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lovesac	Outperform Votes 164 68.62%	Underperform Votes 75 31.38%
Grocery Outlet	Outperform Votes 32 33.33%	Underperform Votes 64 66.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, LOVE or GO?

Lovesac has a beta of 2.91, meaning that its stock price is 191% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.13, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Lovesac beats Grocery Outlet on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.