SIG vs. ULTA, DKS, FIVE, ODP, WINA, SBH, HIBB, HZO, BGFV, and TSCO
Should you be buying Signet Jewelers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Signet Jewelers include Ulta Beauty (ULTA), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Five Below (FIVE), ODP (ODP), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), Hibbett (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and Tractor Supply (TSCO). These companies are all part of the "specialty stores" industry.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 65 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 3 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.74 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 11.13%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 59.30% beat Ulta Beauty's return on equity.
90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Signet Jewelers shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus target price of $507.30, indicating a potential upside of 28.40%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $120.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than Signet Jewelers.
Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ulta Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ulta Beauty received 487 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 69.35% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.
Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats Signet Jewelers on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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