Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

Boot Barn (NYSE:BOOT) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, BOOT or SIG?

Boot Barn has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Signet Jewelers. Boot Barn is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Signet Jewelers, 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
Boot Barn	$1.91B	2.67	$180.94M	$5.86	28.50
Signet Jewelers	$6.70B	0.48	$61.20M	$0.92	85.37

Do analysts recommend BOOT or SIG?

Boot Barn presently has a consensus price target of $173.67, suggesting a potential upside of 3.99%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus price target of $87.14, suggesting a potential upside of 10.95%. Given Signet Jewelers' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Boot Barn.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boot Barn	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Is BOOT or SIG more profitable?

Boot Barn has a net margin of 9.47% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 0.63%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 22.41% beat Boot Barn's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boot Barn	9.47%	16.98%	9.34%
Signet Jewelers	0.63%	22.41%	7.32%

Which has more risk & volatility, BOOT or SIG?

Boot Barn has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BOOT or SIG a better dividend stock?

Boot Barn pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Boot Barn pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Signet Jewelers pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Signet Jewelers has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Signet Jewelers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to BOOT or SIG?

In the previous week, Boot Barn had 11 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Boot Barn and 4 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Boot Barn's score of 0.91 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boot Barn	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Signet Jewelers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Boot Barn beats Signet Jewelers on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.