Upbound Group (UPBD) Competitors

Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Upbound Group (NASDAQ:UPBD) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate ETSY or UPBD?

Etsy presently has a consensus price target of $63.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.20%. Upbound Group has a consensus price target of $39.17, indicating a potential upside of 29.91%. Given Upbound Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Upbound Group is more favorable than Etsy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Etsy	4 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Upbound Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ETSY or UPBD?

Etsy received 840 more outperform votes than Upbound Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.98% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote while only 38.89% of users gave Upbound Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Etsy	Outperform Votes 847 58.98%	Underperform Votes 589 41.02%
Upbound Group	Outperform Votes 7 38.89%	Underperform Votes 11 61.11%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ETSY or UPBD?

Etsy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Upbound Group. Upbound Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, 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
Etsy	$2.80B	2.28	$307.57M	$1.96	28.98
Upbound Group	$4.26B	0.39	-$5.18M	$1.45	20.79

Does the media prefer ETSY or UPBD?

In the previous week, Etsy had 13 more articles in the media than Upbound Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Etsy and 5 mentions for Upbound Group. Upbound Group's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Etsy's score of 0.54 indicating that Upbound Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Etsy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Upbound Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ETSY or UPBD?

99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Upbound Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Upbound Group shares are owned by 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.

Is ETSY or UPBD more profitable?

Etsy has a net margin of 9.17% compared to Upbound Group's net margin of 1.91%. Upbound Group's return on equity of 34.15% beat Etsy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Etsy	9.17%	-46.79%	11.09%
Upbound Group	1.91%	34.15%	7.60%

Which has more risk and volatility, ETSY or UPBD?

Etsy has a beta of 1.99, suggesting that its stock price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Upbound Group has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Etsy beats Upbound Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.