AAP vs. SIG, GPI, SHAK, CPRI, AEO, GLBE, ABG, URBN, ZGN, and WEN
Should you be buying Advance Auto Parts stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Advance Auto Parts include Signet Jewelers (SIG), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), Shake Shack (SHAK), Capri (CPRI), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Global-E Online (GLBE), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), and Wendy's (WEN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) and Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Advance Auto Parts received 130 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 64.26% of users gave Advance Auto Parts an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Advance Auto Parts had 2 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Advance Auto Parts and 7 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Advance Auto Parts' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.80 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Signet Jewelers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Advance Auto Parts. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advance Auto Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Signet Jewelers presently has a consensus target price of $120.20, indicating a potential upside of 21.60%. Advance Auto Parts has a consensus target price of $64.56, indicating a potential downside of 13.40%. Given Advance Auto Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 0.39%. Advance Auto Parts' return on equity of 32.26% beat Signet Jewelers' return on equity.
Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Advance Auto Parts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Signet Jewelers pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Advance Auto Parts pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Signet Jewelers has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Signet Jewelers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Advance Auto Parts on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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