Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI) Competitors

Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) and Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, GO or OLLI?

Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GO or OLLI?

Grocery Outlet presently has a consensus target price of $16.08, suggesting a potential downside of 10.34%. Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a consensus target price of $128.86, suggesting a potential downside of 3.59%. Given Ollie's Bargain Outlet's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ollie's Bargain Outlet is more favorable than Grocery Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grocery Outlet	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Does the media favor GO or OLLI?

In the previous week, Ollie's Bargain Outlet had 6 more articles in the media than Grocery Outlet. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet and 17 mentions for Grocery Outlet. Ollie's Bargain Outlet's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Grocery Outlet's score of 0.63 indicating that Ollie's Bargain Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grocery Outlet	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	10 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GO or OLLI?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Grocery Outlet. Ollie's Bargain Outlet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, 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
Grocery Outlet	$4.37B	0.40	$39.47M	$0.07	256.14
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	$2.27B	3.61	$199.76M	$3.25	41.12

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GO or OLLI?

99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ollie's Bargain Outlet shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GO or OLLI more profitable?

Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Grocery Outlet's net margin of 0.18%. Ollie's Bargain Outlet's return on equity of 12.27% beat Grocery Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grocery Outlet	0.18%	6.34%	2.35%
Ollie's Bargain Outlet	8.59%	12.27%	8.05%

Summary

Ollie's Bargain Outlet beats Grocery Outlet on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.