Stitch Fix (SFIX) Competitors

Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) and Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SFIX or VSCO?

Stitch Fix received 634 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.76% of users gave Stitch Fix an outperform vote while only 17.61% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stitch Fix	Outperform Votes 659 57.76%	Underperform Votes 482 42.24%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	Outperform Votes 25 17.61%	Underperform Votes 117 82.39%

Which has more volatility & risk, SFIX or VSCO?

Stitch Fix has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SFIX or VSCO?

71.0% of Stitch Fix shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 17.0% of Stitch Fix shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SFIX or VSCO more profitable?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has a net margin of 2.47% compared to Stitch Fix's net margin of -7.71%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 44.74% beat Stitch Fix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stitch Fix	-7.71%	-32.71%	-12.64%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2.47%	44.74%	4.42%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SFIX or VSCO?

Victoria's Secret & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., 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
Stitch Fix	$1.29B	0.42	-$128.84M	-$0.83	-5.14
Victoria's Secret & Co.	$6.21B	0.29	$109M	$1.93	11.93

Do analysts recommend SFIX or VSCO?

Stitch Fix presently has a consensus target price of $3.96, suggesting a potential downside of 7.13%. Victoria's Secret & Co. has a consensus target price of $41.18, suggesting a potential upside of 78.82%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Stitch Fix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stitch Fix	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09

Does the media prefer SFIX or VSCO?

In the previous week, Victoria's Secret & Co. had 11 more articles in the media than Stitch Fix. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co. and 8 mentions for Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s score of 0.58 indicating that Stitch Fix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stitch Fix	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Victoria's Secret & Co.	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Victoria's Secret & Co. beats Stitch Fix on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.