GME vs. RUSHA, BOOT, RUSHB, TRIP, URBN, JWN, GMS, HGTY, ACVA, and GPI
Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Rush Enterprises (RUSHA), Boot Barn (BOOT), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Nordstrom (JWN), GMS (GMS), Hagerty (HGTY), ACV Auctions (ACVA), and Group 1 Automotive (GPI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
GameStop (NYSE:GME) and Rush Enterprises (NASDAQ:RUSHA) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.
29.2% of GameStop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.4% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of GameStop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.5% of Rush Enterprises shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
GameStop received 1002 more outperform votes than Rush Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote while only 59.64% of users gave Rush Enterprises an outperform vote.
GameStop pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Rush Enterprises pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. GameStop pays out 7,600.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Rush Enterprises pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
GameStop has a beta of -0.25, suggesting that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rush Enterprises has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Rush Enterprises has a net margin of 4.16% compared to GameStop's net margin of 0.13%. Rush Enterprises' return on equity of 17.16% beat GameStop's return on equity.
In the previous week, GameStop had 12 more articles in the media than Rush Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for GameStop and 6 mentions for Rush Enterprises. GameStop's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Rush Enterprises' score of 0.72 indicating that GameStop is being referred to more favorably in the media.
GameStop currently has a consensus target price of $5.60, indicating a potential downside of 66.06%. Rush Enterprises has a consensus target price of $52.67, indicating a potential upside of 20.52%. Given Rush Enterprises' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rush Enterprises is more favorable than GameStop.
Rush Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than GameStop. Rush Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameStop, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Rush Enterprises beats GameStop on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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