BBW vs. CNXN, QRTEB, PZZA, ODP, GOOS, IMKTA, RVLV, HDL, CARS, and WINA
Should you be buying Build-A-Bear Workshop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Build-A-Bear Workshop include PC Connection (CNXN), Qurate Retail (QRTEB), Papa John's International (PZZA), ODP (ODP), Canada Goose (GOOS), Ingles Markets (IMKTA), Revolve Group (RVLV), Super Hi International (HDL), Cars.com (CARS), and Winmark (WINA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) and PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Build-A-Bear Workshop received 101 more outperform votes than PC Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Build-A-Bear Workshop an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Build-A-Bear Workshop had 2 more articles in the media than PC Connection. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop and 3 mentions for PC Connection. PC Connection's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Build-A-Bear Workshop's score of -0.49 indicating that PC Connection is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of PC Connection shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 56.9% of PC Connection shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Build-A-Bear Workshop presently has a consensus target price of $39.33, suggesting a potential upside of 45.30%. Given Build-A-Bear Workshop's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Build-A-Bear Workshop is more favorable than PC Connection.
PC Connection has higher revenue and earnings than Build-A-Bear Workshop. Build-A-Bear Workshop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PC Connection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Build-A-Bear Workshop pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. PC Connection pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Build-A-Bear Workshop pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PC Connection pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.86% compared to PC Connection's net margin of 2.98%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 43.26% beat PC Connection's return on equity.
Summary
Build-A-Bear Workshop beats PC Connection on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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