AKA vs. HNST, LE, SGU, HVT.A, BNED, LOVE, ONEW, TTSH, QVCGB, and LVRO
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include Honest (HNST), Lands' End (LE), Star Group (SGU), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Lovesac (LOVE), OneWater Marine (ONEW), Tile Shop Hldgs (TTSH), QVC Group (QVCGB), and Lavoro (LVRO). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
a.k.a. Brands vs. Its Competitors
Honest (NASDAQ:HNST) and a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Honest has a net margin of 1.66% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -4.48%. Honest's return on equity of 3.84% beat a.k.a. Brands' return on equity.
Honest presently has a consensus price target of $6.96, indicating a potential upside of 69.72%. a.k.a. Brands has a consensus price target of $20.00, indicating a potential upside of 83.99%. Given a.k.a. Brands' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe a.k.a. Brands is more favorable than Honest.
In the previous week, Honest had 8 more articles in the media than a.k.a. Brands. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Honest and 1 mentions for a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Honest's score of 0.30 indicating that a.k.a. Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
45.5% of Honest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Honest shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.6% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Honest has a beta of 2.34, suggesting that its stock price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Honest has higher earnings, but lower revenue than a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Honest beats a.k.a. Brands on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:AKA) was last updated on 8/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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