Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and community ranking.

Does the media favor FIVE or SIG?

In the previous week, Five Below had 8 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Five Below and 4 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Five Below's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.22 indicating that Five Below is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Below	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Signet Jewelers	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FIVE or SIG?

Five Below currently has a consensus price target of $111.32, indicating a potential upside of 29.56%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus price target of $95.20, indicating a potential upside of 80.98%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Five Below.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Below	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Is FIVE or SIG more profitable?

Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Five Below's net margin of 7.02%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 28.69% beat Five Below's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Five Below	7.02%	18.03%	7.20%
Signet Jewelers	8.57%	28.69%	9.42%

Which has more risk & volatility, FIVE or SIG?

Five Below has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its share price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, FIVE or SIG?

Signet Jewelers has higher revenue and earnings than Five Below. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Below, 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
Five Below	$3.56B	1.33	$301.11M	$4.85	17.72
Signet Jewelers	$7.17B	0.32	$810.40M	$8.69	6.05

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FIVE or SIG?

Five Below received 155 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.20% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 68.01% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five Below	Outperform Votes 944 68.01%	Underperform Votes 444 31.99%
Signet Jewelers	Outperform Votes 789 70.20%	Underperform Votes 335 29.80%

Summary

Signet Jewelers beats Five Below on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.