SGU vs. SBH, LESL, WOOF, FLWS, RERE, TITN, NEGG, BARK, HITI, and NAAS
Should you be buying Star Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Star Group include Sally Beauty (SBH), Leslie's (LESL), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), ATRenew (RERE), Titan Machinery (TITN), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), BARK (BARK), High Tide (HITI), and NaaS Technology (NAAS). These companies are all part of the "retail stores, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Star Group (NYSE:SGU) and Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Star Group and Star Group both had 2 articles in the media. Sally Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Star Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Sally Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sally Beauty received 302 more outperform votes than Star Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.32% of users gave Star Group an outperform vote while only 55.63% of users gave Sally Beauty an outperform vote.
Sally Beauty has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Star Group's net margin of 2.15%. Sally Beauty's return on equity of 34.23% beat Star Group's return on equity.
40.4% of Star Group shares are held by institutional investors. 20.4% of Star Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Sally Beauty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Sally Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Star Group. Sally Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Star Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Star Group has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sally Beauty has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sally Beauty has a consensus price target of $12.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.52%. Given Sally Beauty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sally Beauty is more favorable than Star Group.
Summary
Sally Beauty beats Star Group on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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