Solo Brands (DTC) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & 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	$476.33M	0.22	-$111.35M	-$3.44	-0.33
Escalade	$253.07M	0.83	$9.83M	$0.94	16.19

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DTC or ESCA?

84.5% of Solo Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.2% of Escalade shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Solo Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Escalade shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor DTC or ESCA?

In the previous week, Escalade had 11 more articles in the media than Solo Brands. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Escalade and 4 mentions for Solo Brands. Solo Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Escalade's score of 0.03 indicating that Solo Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Solo Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Escalade	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, DTC or ESCA?

Solo Brands has a beta of 2.5, suggesting that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Escalade has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor 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%

Do analysts rate DTC or ESCA?

Solo Brands presently has a consensus target price of $2.93, indicating a potential upside of 161.90%. Given Solo Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly 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)	6 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

Summary

Escalade beats Solo Brands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.