WHR vs. SN, BYD, RRR, COLM, VFC, BC, CHH, WH, PLNT, and GIL
Should you be buying Whirlpool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whirlpool include SharkNinja (SN), Boyd Gaming (BYD), Red Rock Resorts (RRR), Columbia Sportswear (COLM), V.F. (VFC), Brunswick (BC), Choice Hotels International (CHH), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), Planet Fitness (PLNT), and Gildan Activewear (GIL). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) and SharkNinja (NYSE:SN) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, SharkNinja had 12 more articles in the media than Whirlpool. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for SharkNinja and 14 mentions for Whirlpool. SharkNinja's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Whirlpool's score of 0.50 indicating that SharkNinja is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Whirlpool has higher revenue and earnings than SharkNinja. Whirlpool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SharkNinja, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.8% of Whirlpool shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.8% of SharkNinja shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Whirlpool shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of SharkNinja shares are owned by 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.
Whirlpool received 599 more outperform votes than SharkNinja when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.50% of users gave SharkNinja an outperform vote while only 64.59% of users gave Whirlpool an outperform vote.
Whirlpool presently has a consensus target price of $113.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.10%. Given Whirlpool's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Whirlpool is more favorable than SharkNinja.
SharkNinja has a net margin of 4.25% compared to Whirlpool's net margin of 2.07%. Whirlpool's return on equity of 35.16% beat SharkNinja's return on equity.
Summary
SharkNinja beats Whirlpool on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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