Tilly's (TLYS) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to TLYS or ZUMZ?

In the previous week, Zumiez had 2 more articles in the media than Tilly's. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zumiez and 2 mentions for Tilly's. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Tilly's' score of 0.23 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, TLYS or ZUMZ?

Tilly's has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Tilly's	$623.08M	0.20	-$34.49M	-$1.37	-3.05
Zumiez	$875.49M	0.46	-$62.61M	-$2.75	-7.71

Which has more risk and volatility, TLYS or ZUMZ?

Tilly's has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zumiez has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is TLYS or ZUMZ more profitable?

Zumiez has a net margin of -6.02% compared to Tilly's' net margin of -6.65%. Zumiez's return on equity of -3.52% beat Tilly's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tilly's	-6.65%	-14.60%	-4.71%
Zumiez	-6.02%	-3.52%	-1.79%

Do analysts rate TLYS or ZUMZ?

Tilly's presently has a consensus target price of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.54%. Zumiez has a consensus target price of $22.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Tilly's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tilly's is more favorable than Zumiez.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tilly's	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do insiders & institutionals believe in TLYS or ZUMZ?

76.4% of Tilly's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Zumiez shares are held by institutional investors. 27.1% of Tilly's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of Zumiez shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TLYS or ZUMZ?

Zumiez received 109 more outperform votes than Tilly's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.15% of users gave Tilly's an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tilly's	Outperform Votes 466 61.15%	Underperform Votes 296 38.85%
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%

Summary

Zumiez beats Tilly's on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.