Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SIG or FIVE?

Signet Jewelers currently has a consensus price target of $95.20, indicating a potential upside of 66.16%. Five Below has a consensus price target of $115.75, indicating a potential upside of 27.70%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Five Below.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Five Below	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.19

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SIG or FIVE?

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

Does the media prefer SIG or FIVE?

In the previous week, Signet Jewelers had 9 more articles in the media than Five Below. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Signet Jewelers and 37 mentions for Five Below. Five Below's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Signet Jewelers' score of -0.20 indicating that Five Below is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Signet Jewelers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	16 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Five Below	10 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, SIG or FIVE?

Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.13, indicating that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five Below has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SIG or FIVE 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
Signet Jewelers	8.57%	28.69%	9.42%
Five Below	7.02%	18.03%	7.20%

Which has better valuation & earnings, SIG or FIVE?

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
Signet Jewelers	$7.17B	0.35	$810.40M	$8.69	6.59
Five Below	$3.56B	1.40	$301.11M	$4.85	18.69

Summary

Signet Jewelers beats Five Below on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.