VSCO vs. MUSA, GAP, BBWI, VIPS, MNSO, OLLI, W, FCFS, RUSHB, and BOOT
Should you be buying Victoria's Secret & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria's Secret & Co. include Murphy USA (MUSA), GAP (GAP), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Vipshop (VIPS), MINISO Group (MNSO), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Wayfair (W), FirstCash (FCFS), Rush Enterprises (RUSHB), and Boot Barn (BOOT). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
Victoria's Secret & Co. vs.
Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) and Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Murphy USA has a net margin of 2.48% compared to Victoria's Secret & Co.'s net margin of 2.47%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 61.60% beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity.
80.8% of Murphy USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Murphy USA had 3 more articles in the media than Victoria's Secret & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Murphy USA and 6 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co.. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Murphy USA's score of 0.82 indicating that Victoria's Secret & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Murphy USA received 349 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.50% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote while only 17.86% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.
Murphy USA currently has a consensus target price of $510.80, indicating a potential upside of 14.74%. Victoria's Secret & Co. has a consensus target price of $42.36, indicating a potential upside of 52.03%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Murphy USA.
Murphy USA has higher revenue and earnings than Victoria's Secret & Co.. Victoria's Secret & Co. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murphy USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Murphy USA has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.11, meaning that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Murphy USA beats Victoria's Secret & Co. on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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