Tilly's (TLYS) Competitors

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Tilly's (NYSE:TLYS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Do analysts recommend ZUMZ or TLYS?

Zumiez presently has a consensus price target of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.45%. Tilly's has a consensus price target of $3.75, indicating a potential upside of 65.93%. Given Tilly's' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tilly's is more favorable than Zumiez.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Tilly's	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer ZUMZ or TLYS?

In the previous week, Zumiez had 9 more articles in the media than Tilly's. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Zumiez and 5 mentions for Tilly's. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Tilly's' score of 1.03 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zumiez	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tilly's	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZUMZ or TLYS?

Zumiez received 109 more outperform votes than Tilly's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.92% of users gave Tilly's an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%
Tilly's	Outperform Votes 466 60.92%	Underperform Votes 299 39.08%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ZUMZ or TLYS?

95.4% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.4% of Tilly's shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.1% of Tilly's shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ZUMZ or TLYS more profitable?

Zumiez has a net margin of -5.60% compared to Tilly's' net margin of -8.92%. Zumiez's return on equity of -2.67% beat Tilly's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zumiez	-5.60%	-2.67%	-1.34%
Tilly's	-8.92%	-25.44%	-7.86%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ZUMZ or TLYS?

Tilly's has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zumiez. Zumiez is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tilly's, 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
Zumiez	$889.20M	0.33	-$62.61M	-$0.06	-253.83
Tilly's	$569.45M	0.12	-$34.49M	-$1.53	-1.48

Which has more risk & volatility, ZUMZ or TLYS?

Zumiez has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tilly's has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Zumiez beats Tilly's on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.