Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$3.88B	0.90	$301.11M	$4.59	13.85
Signet Jewelers	$6.70B	0.37	$810.40M	-$0.76	-75.72

Do analysts rate FIVE or SIG?

Five Below presently has a consensus target price of $94.30, suggesting a potential upside of 48.36%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $79.60, suggesting a potential upside of 38.31%. Given Five Below's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Five Below is more favorable than Signet Jewelers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Five Below	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FIVE or SIG?

Five Below received 156 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.00% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 67.45% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Five Below	Outperform Votes 947 67.45%	Underperform Votes 457 32.55%
Signet Jewelers	Outperform Votes 791 70.00%	Underperform Votes 339 30.00%

Does the media prefer FIVE or SIG?

In the previous week, Five Below had 23 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Five Below and 13 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Five Below's score of 0.52 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Five Below	6 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Signet Jewelers	5 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FIVE or SIG?

Five Below has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Signet Jewelers beats Five Below on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.