Polished.com (GOED) Competitors

Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) and Polished.com (NYSE:GOED) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.

Is WSM or GOED more profitable?

Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 14.54% compared to Polished.com's net margin of 3.41%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 51.56% beat Polished.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams-Sonoma	14.54%	51.56%	21.24%
Polished.com	3.41%	10.78%	5.95%

Which has more volatility & risk, WSM or GOED?

Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Polished.com has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of WSM or GOED?

99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.3% of Polished.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Polished.com 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 favor WSM or GOED?

Williams-Sonoma received 703 more outperform votes than Polished.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Polished.com an outperform vote while only 49.13% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Williams-Sonoma	Outperform Votes 706 49.13%	Underperform Votes 731 50.87%
Polished.com	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Do analysts recommend WSM or GOED?

Williams-Sonoma presently has a consensus price target of $173.28, suggesting a potential downside of 1.01%. Given Polished.com's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Polished.com is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Williams-Sonoma	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
Polished.com	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, WSM or GOED?

Williams-Sonoma has higher revenue and earnings than Polished.com. Polished.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams-Sonoma, 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
Williams-Sonoma	$7.53B	2.86	$949.76M	$8.45	20.72
Polished.com	$362.31M	0.00	$7.67M	$0.21	N/A

Does the media refer more to WSM or GOED?

In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 34 more articles in the media than Polished.com. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 0 mentions for Polished.com. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Polished.com's score of 0.20 indicating that Williams-Sonoma is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Williams-Sonoma	Positive
Polished.com	Neutral

Summary

Williams-Sonoma beats Polished.com on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.