Solo Brands (DTC) Competitors

Solo Brands (NYSE:DTC) and Escalade (NASDAQ:ESCA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk and community ranking.

Is DTC or ESCA more profitable?

Escalade has a net margin of 5.20% compared to Solo Brands' net margin of -42.03%. Escalade's return on equity of 7.17% beat Solo Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Solo Brands	-42.03%	4.16%	2.23%
Escalade	5.20%	7.17%	4.79%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, DTC or ESCA?

Escalade has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Solo Brands. Solo Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Escalade, 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
Solo Brands	$494.78M	0.20	-$111.35M	-$3.44	-0.31
Escalade	$263.57M	0.79	$9.83M	$0.94	15.96

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of DTC or ESCA?

84.5% of Solo Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Solo Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.2% of Escalade shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DTC or ESCA?

Escalade received 219 more outperform votes than Solo Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.52% of users gave Escalade an outperform vote while only 46.67% of users gave Solo Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Solo Brands	Outperform Votes 21 46.67%	Underperform Votes 24 53.33%
Escalade	Outperform Votes 240 64.52%	Underperform Votes 132 35.48%

Which has more risk and volatility, DTC or ESCA?

Solo Brands has a beta of 2.48, indicating that its share price is 148% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer DTC or ESCA?

Solo Brands currently has a consensus target price of $2.52, suggesting a potential upside of 138.86%. Given Solo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Solo Brands is more favorable than Escalade.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Solo Brands	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Escalade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer DTC or ESCA?

In the previous week, Escalade had 8 more articles in the media than Solo Brands. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Escalade and 0 mentions for Solo Brands. Escalade's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Solo Brands' score of 0.00 indicating that Escalade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Solo Brands	Neutral
Escalade	Neutral

Summary

Escalade beats Solo Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.