EM vs. EWCZ, CSV, WW, PET, MRM, DLPN, VERB, RGS, XWEL, and SCI
Should you be buying Smart Share Global stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Smart Share Global include European Wax Center (EWCZ), Carriage Services (CSV), WW International (WW), Wag! Group (PET), MEDIROM Healthcare Technologies (MRM), Dolphin Entertainment (DLPN), Verb Technology (VERB), Regis (RGS), XWELL (XWEL), and Service Co. International (SCI). These companies are all part of the "personal services" industry.
Smart Share Global (NYSE:EM) and European Wax Center (NASDAQ:EWCZ) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Smart Share Global has higher revenue and earnings than European Wax Center. Smart Share Global is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than European Wax Center, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Smart Share Global presently has a consensus target price of $1.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.26%. European Wax Center has a consensus target price of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 44.29%. Given European Wax Center's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe European Wax Center is more favorable than Smart Share Global.
European Wax Center has a net margin of 5.50% compared to Smart Share Global's net margin of 2.93%. European Wax Center's return on equity of 11.01% beat Smart Share Global's return on equity.
In the previous week, European Wax Center had 1 more articles in the media than Smart Share Global. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for European Wax Center and 4 mentions for Smart Share Global. Smart Share Global's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat European Wax Center's score of 0.50 indicating that Smart Share Global is being referred to more favorably in the media.
European Wax Center received 24 more outperform votes than Smart Share Global when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.00% of users gave Smart Share Global an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave European Wax Center an outperform vote.
84.0% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.1% of European Wax Center shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Smart Share Global shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of European Wax Center shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Smart Share Global has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, European Wax Center has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
European Wax Center beats Smart Share Global on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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