Warby Parker (WRBY) Competitors

Warby Parker (NYSE:WRBY) and Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, WRBY or STVN?

Warby Parker has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WRBY or STVN?

93.2% of Warby Parker shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.5% of Warby Parker shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WRBY or STVN more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 10.47% compared to Warby Parker's net margin of -4.39%. Stevanato Group's return on equity of 9.86% beat Warby Parker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Warby Parker	-4.39%	-8.26%	-4.37%
Stevanato Group	10.47%	9.86%	5.79%

Do analysts rate WRBY or STVN?

Warby Parker presently has a consensus price target of $23.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.44%. Given Warby Parker's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Warby Parker is more favorable than Stevanato Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Warby Parker	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WRBY or STVN?

Warby Parker received 14 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Warby Parker an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Warby Parker	Outperform Votes 44 43.56%	Underperform Votes 57 56.44%
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 30 62.50%	Underperform Votes 18 37.50%

Does the media favor WRBY or STVN?

In the previous week, Warby Parker had 2 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Warby Parker and 8 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Warby Parker's score of 0.65 indicating that Stevanato Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Warby Parker	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Stevanato Group	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, WRBY or STVN?

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
Warby Parker	$771.32M	2.70	-$63.20M	-$0.17	-118.35
Stevanato Group	$1.10B	5.83	$157.62M	$0.48	44.29

Summary

Stevanato Group beats Warby Parker on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.