Warby Parker (WRBY) Competitors

Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) and Warby Parker (NYSE:WRBY) are both mid-cap medical equipment companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, STVN or WRBY?

Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warby Parker has a beta of 2.09, suggesting that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in STVN or WRBY?

93.2% of Warby Parker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.2% of Warby Parker shares are owned 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.

Is STVN or WRBY more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 11.14% compared to Warby Parker's net margin of -1.79%. Stevanato Group's return on equity of 10.00% beat Warby Parker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stevanato Group	11.14%	10.00%	6.03%
Warby Parker	-1.79%	-2.48%	-1.29%

Do analysts rate STVN or WRBY?

Warby Parker has a consensus target price of $22.88, suggesting a potential upside of 2.67%. Given Warby Parker's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Warby Parker is more favorable than Stevanato Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Warby Parker	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Does the media prefer STVN or WRBY?

In the previous week, Warby Parker had 1 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Warby Parker and 3 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Warby Parker's score of 0.62 indicating that Stevanato Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stevanato Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Warby Parker	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, STVN or WRBY?

Stevanato Group has higher revenue and earnings than Warby Parker. Warby Parker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stevanato Group, 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
Stevanato Group	€1.19B	6.38	€127.45M	€0.51	49.33
Warby Parker	$771.32M	3.02	-$20.39M	-$0.12	-185.67

Summary

Stevanato Group beats Warby Parker on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.