LightInTheBox (LITB) Competitors

LightInTheBox (NYSE:LITB) and ThredUp (NASDAQ:TDUP) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.

Which has more volatility & risk, LITB or TDUP?

LightInTheBox has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ThredUp has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in LITB or TDUP?

LightInTheBox received 179 more outperform votes than ThredUp when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.20% of users gave ThredUp an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave LightInTheBox an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LightInTheBox	Outperform Votes 238 54.59%	Underperform Votes 198 45.41%
ThredUp	Outperform Votes 59 60.20%	Underperform Votes 39 39.80%

Is LITB or TDUP more profitable?

LightInTheBox has a net margin of -1.72% compared to ThredUp's net margin of -22.16%. LightInTheBox's return on equity of 0.00% beat ThredUp's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LightInTheBox	-1.72%	N/A	-6.74%
ThredUp	-22.16%	-78.74%	-29.58%

Does the media refer more to LITB or TDUP?

In the previous week, ThredUp had 3 more articles in the media than LightInTheBox. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ThredUp and 1 mentions for LightInTheBox. ThredUp's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat LightInTheBox's score of 0.00 indicating that ThredUp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LightInTheBox	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ThredUp	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer LITB or TDUP?

ThredUp has a consensus target price of $3.40, suggesting a potential upside of 269.53%. Given ThredUp's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ThredUp is more favorable than LightInTheBox.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LightInTheBox	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ThredUp	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LITB or TDUP?

LightInTheBox has higher revenue and earnings than ThredUp. LightInTheBox is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ThredUp, 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
LightInTheBox	$629.43M	0.06	-$9.59M	-$0.36	-5.58
ThredUp	$322.02M	0.32	-$71.25M	-$0.64	-1.44

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LITB or TDUP?

56.8% of LightInTheBox shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of ThredUp shares are held by institutional investors. 62.2% of LightInTheBox shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 34.4% of ThredUp shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

LightInTheBox and ThredUp tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.