Camping World (CWH) Competitors

Camping World (NYSE:CWH) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Is CWH or BBWI a better dividend stock?

Camping World pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bath & Body Works pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Camping World pays out -65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bath & Body Works pays out 22.0% 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. Camping World is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor CWH or BBWI?

In the previous week, Bath & Body Works had 9 more articles in the media than Camping World. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Bath & Body Works and 7 mentions for Camping World. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Camping World's score of 0.03 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Camping World	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bath & Body Works	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CWH or BBWI?

Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than Camping World. Camping World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bath & Body Works, 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
Camping World	$6.10B	0.29	$31.04M	-$0.76	-22.95
Bath & Body Works	$7.31B	0.94	$878M	$3.64	8.77

Do analysts prefer CWH or BBWI?

Camping World presently has a consensus target price of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 54.79%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $45.06, indicating a potential upside of 41.11%. Given Camping World's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Camping World is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Camping World	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Bath & Body Works	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CWH or BBWI?

Camping World received 369 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.72% of users gave Camping World an outperform vote while only 41.71% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camping World	Outperform Votes 457 68.72%	Underperform Votes 208 31.28%
Bath & Body Works	Outperform Votes 88 41.71%	Underperform Votes 123 58.29%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CWH or BBWI?

52.5% of Camping World shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 43.8% of Camping World shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works 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.

Is CWH or BBWI more profitable?

Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 12.43% compared to Camping World's net margin of -0.40%. Camping World's return on equity of -23.77% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camping World	-0.40%	-23.77%	-0.86%
Bath & Body Works	12.43%	-44.03%	14.45%

Which has more risk & volatility, CWH or BBWI?

Camping World has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its share price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats Camping World on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.