Aritzia (ATZ) Competitors

Roots (TSE:ROOT) and Aritzia (TSE:ATZ) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ROOT or ATZ?

Aritzia received 151 more outperform votes than Roots when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Aritzia an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave Roots an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Roots	Outperform Votes 187 59.37%	Underperform Votes 128 40.63%
Aritzia	Outperform Votes 338 64.75%	Underperform Votes 184 35.25%

Do analysts rate ROOT or ATZ?

Aritzia has a consensus price target of C$67.40, indicating a potential upside of 60.17%. Given Aritzia's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Aritzia is more favorable than Roots.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roots	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Aritzia	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ROOT or ATZ?

Aritzia has higher revenue and earnings than Roots. Roots is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aritzia, 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
Roots	C$261.62M	0.36	C$2.89M	C$0.07	32.42
Aritzia	C$2.67B	1.88	C$140.00M	C$1.14	36.97

Does the media refer more to ROOT or ATZ?

In the previous week, Aritzia had 2 more articles in the media than Roots. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Aritzia and 0 mentions for Roots. Roots' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aritzia's score of -0.42 indicating that Roots is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Roots	Neutral
Aritzia	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ROOT or ATZ?

Roots has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aritzia has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ROOT or ATZ?

51.0% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.3% of Aritzia shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.2% of Roots shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Aritzia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ROOT or ATZ more profitable?

Aritzia has a net margin of 5.24% compared to Roots' net margin of 1.11%. Aritzia's return on equity of 15.24% beat Roots' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roots	1.11%	1.58%	2.29%
Aritzia	5.24%	15.24%	5.67%

Summary

Aritzia beats Roots on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.