AKA vs. DDL, GCT, ARKO, MYTE, SFIX, CURV, RERE, HNST, EXTO, and BBW
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), GigaCloud Technology (GCT), Arko (ARKO), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Torrid (CURV), ATRenew (RERE), Honest (HNST), Almacenes Éxito (EXTO), and Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
a.k.a. Brands vs.
Dingdong (Cayman) (NYSE:DDL) and a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
a.k.a. Brands received 8 more outperform votes than Dingdong (Cayman) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 44.44% of users gave Dingdong (Cayman) an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave a.k.a. Brands an outperform vote.
In the previous week, a.k.a. Brands had 13 more articles in the media than Dingdong (Cayman). MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for a.k.a. Brands and 0 mentions for Dingdong (Cayman). a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Dingdong (Cayman)'s score of 0.00 indicating that a.k.a. Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
24.7% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 29.8% of Dingdong (Cayman) shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Dingdong (Cayman) has higher revenue and earnings than a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dingdong (Cayman), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Dingdong (Cayman) has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Dingdong (Cayman) presently has a consensus price target of $1.15, indicating a potential downside of 65.87%. a.k.a. Brands has a consensus price target of $24.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.33%. Given a.k.a. Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe a.k.a. Brands is more favorable than Dingdong (Cayman).
Dingdong (Cayman) has a net margin of 0.90% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -5.41%. Dingdong (Cayman)'s return on equity of 40.86% beat a.k.a. Brands' return on equity.
Summary
Dingdong (Cayman) beats a.k.a. Brands on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AKA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff