Wayfair (W) Competitors

Wayfair (NYSE:W) and Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has more volatility and risk, W or BURL?

Wayfair has a beta of 3.44, indicating that its share price is 244% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor W or BURL?

Wayfair received 19 more outperform votes than Burlington Stores when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.63% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 61.21% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wayfair	Outperform Votes 827 61.21%	Underperform Votes 524 38.79%
Burlington Stores	Outperform Votes 808 71.63%	Underperform Votes 320 28.37%

Is W or BURL more profitable?

Burlington Stores has a net margin of 4.49% compared to Wayfair's net margin of -4.15%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 47.52% beat Wayfair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wayfair	-4.15%	N/A	-11.45%
Burlington Stores	4.49%	47.52%	6.37%

Does the media refer more to W or BURL?

In the previous week, Wayfair had 18 more articles in the media than Burlington Stores. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Wayfair and 18 mentions for Burlington Stores. Burlington Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Wayfair's score of 0.49 indicating that Burlington Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wayfair	12 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Burlington Stores	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend W or BURL?

Wayfair presently has a consensus price target of $56.81, indicating a potential upside of 68.73%. Burlington Stores has a consensus price target of $323.20, indicating a potential upside of 38.03%. Given Wayfair's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Wayfair is more favorable than Burlington Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wayfair	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Burlington Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, W or BURL?

Burlington Stores has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wayfair. Wayfair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, 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
Wayfair	$11.85B	0.36	-$738M	-$4.02	-8.37
Burlington Stores	$10.63B	1.39	$339.65M	$7.79	30.06

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in W or BURL?

89.7% of Wayfair shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of Wayfair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Burlington Stores beats Wayfair on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.