ODP (ODP) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer HIBB or ODP?

Hibbett currently has a consensus target price of $83.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.56%. ODP has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.28%. Given ODP's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ODP is more favorable than Hibbett.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hibbett	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
ODP	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor HIBB or ODP?

In the previous week, ODP had 1 more articles in the media than Hibbett. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ODP and 4 mentions for Hibbett. Hibbett's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat ODP's score of 0.17 indicating that Hibbett is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hibbett	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ODP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HIBB or ODP?

ODP has higher revenue and earnings than Hibbett. ODP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hibbett, 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
Hibbett	$1.73B	0.60	$103.16M	$8.12	10.77
ODP	$7.18B	0.11	$139M	-$0.91	-28.42

Is HIBB or ODP more profitable?

Hibbett has a net margin of 5.80% compared to ODP's net margin of -0.52%. Hibbett's return on equity of 24.15% beat ODP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hibbett	5.80%	24.15%	10.58%
ODP	-0.52%	12.15%	3.18%

Which has more volatility and risk, HIBB or ODP?

Hibbett has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ODP has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

94.1% of Hibbett shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of ODP shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Hibbett shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of ODP shares are held by 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HIBB or ODP?

Hibbett received 32 more outperform votes than ODP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.56% of users gave ODP an outperform vote while only 45.95% of users gave Hibbett an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hibbett	Outperform Votes 437 45.95%	Underperform Votes 514 54.05%
ODP	Outperform Votes 405 56.56%	Underperform Votes 311 43.44%

Is HIBB or ODP a better dividend stock?

Hibbett pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ODP pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Hibbett pays out 12.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ODP pays out -11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Hibbett beats ODP on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.