BBWI vs. VSCO, CATO, CPNG, YUM, KR, FAST, DG, TSCO, DECK, and EBAY
Should you be buying Bath & Body Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bath & Body Works include Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO), Cato (CATO), Coupang (CPNG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Kroger (KR), Fastenal (FAST), Dollar General (DG), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), and eBay (EBAY).
Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and earnings.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bath & Body Works received 44 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 37.65% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote while only 16.35% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.
Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 11.82% compared to Bath & Body Works' net margin of 1.77%. Bath & Body Works' return on equity of 56.40% beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity.
Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than Victoria's Secret & Co.. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Bath & Body Works had 9 more articles in the media than Victoria's Secret & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Bath & Body Works and 4 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co.. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Bath & Body Works' score of -0.07 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Victoria's Secret & Co. presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 21.02%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus target price of $47.57, indicating a potential downside of 8.41%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than Victoria's Secret & Co..
Summary
Bath & Body Works beats Victoria's Secret & Co. on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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