BOOT vs. ACI, FND, MUSA, VIPS, GAP, BBWI, OLLI, MNSO, FCFS, and W
Should you be buying Boot Barn stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Boot Barn include Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), Vipshop (VIPS), GAP (GAP), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), MINISO Group (MNSO), FirstCash (FCFS), and Wayfair (W). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Boot Barn vs.
Boot Barn (NYSE:BOOT) and Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Boot Barn pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Albertsons Companies pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Boot Barn pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Albertsons Companies pays out 33.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Boot Barn has a beta of 2.07, meaning that its stock price is 107% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Boot Barn has a net margin of 9.36% compared to Albertsons Companies' net margin of 1.30%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 44.70% beat Boot Barn's return on equity.
Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Boot Barn. Albertsons Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Boot Barn, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Boot Barn had 5 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Boot Barn and 12 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Boot Barn's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Albertsons Companies' score of 0.70 indicating that Boot Barn is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Boot Barn received 474 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.46% of users gave Boot Barn an outperform vote while only 48.34% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.
Boot Barn presently has a consensus target price of $181.92, suggesting a potential upside of 69.50%. Albertsons Companies has a consensus target price of $23.50, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given Boot Barn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boot Barn is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.
71.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Boot Barn shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Boot Barn beats Albertsons Companies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BOOT) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
