SBH vs. SIG, ODP, WINA, HIBB, HZO, BGFV, TSCO, ULTA, DKS, and FIVE
Should you be buying Sally Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sally Beauty include Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), Winmark (WINA), Hibbett (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), and Five Below (FIVE). These companies are all part of the "specialty stores" industry.
Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) and Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.
In the previous week, Signet Jewelers had 2 more articles in the media than Sally Beauty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Signet Jewelers and 2 mentions for Sally Beauty. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Sally Beauty's score of 0.74 indicating that Sally Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Signet Jewelers has higher revenue and earnings than Sally Beauty. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sally Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Signet Jewelers received 348 more outperform votes than Sally Beauty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Sally Beauty an outperform vote.
Signet Jewelers currently has a consensus price target of $120.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.78%. Sally Beauty has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.48%. Given Sally Beauty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Sally Beauty.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 4.36%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 34.23% beat Sally Beauty's return on equity.
Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sally Beauty has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Sally Beauty on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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