ODP (ODP) Competitors

ODP (NASDAQ:ODP) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ODP or SIG?

Signet Jewelers received 384 more outperform votes than ODP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.20% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave ODP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ODP	Outperform Votes 405 56.49%	Underperform Votes 312 43.51%
Signet Jewelers	Outperform Votes 789 70.20%	Underperform Votes 335 29.80%

Which has more volatility and risk, ODP or SIG?

ODP has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ODP or SIG?

99.6% of ODP shares are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of ODP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Signet Jewelers shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ODP or SIG more profitable?

Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 8.57% compared to ODP's net margin of -0.52%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 28.69% beat ODP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ODP	-0.52%	12.15%	3.18%
Signet Jewelers	8.57%	28.69%	9.42%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ODP or SIG?

Signet Jewelers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ODP. ODP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Signet Jewelers, 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
ODP	$7.83B	0.07	$139M	-$0.91	-19.90
Signet Jewelers	$7.17B	0.32	$810.40M	$8.69	6.05

Do analysts prefer ODP or SIG?

ODP currently has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 54.61%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $95.20, suggesting a potential upside of 80.98%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than ODP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ODP	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media prefer ODP or SIG?

In the previous week, Signet Jewelers had 4 more articles in the media than ODP. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Signet Jewelers and 2 mentions for ODP. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat ODP's score of -0.26 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ODP	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Signet Jewelers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Signet Jewelers beats ODP on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.