BRLT vs. BARK, DIBS, VRA, DXLG, PBPB, CTRN, DTC, AKA, THCH, and QRTEA
Should you be buying Brilliant Earth Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Brilliant Earth Group include BARK (BARK), 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), Vera Bradley (VRA), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Potbelly (PBPB), Citi Trends (CTRN), Solo Brands (DTC), a.k.a. Brands (AKA), TH International (THCH), and Qurate Retail (QRTEA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
BARK (NYSE:BARK) and Brilliant Earth Group (NASDAQ:BRLT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Brilliant Earth Group received 17 more outperform votes than BARK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.18% of users gave Brilliant Earth Group an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave BARK an outperform vote.
Brilliant Earth Group has a net margin of 0.55% compared to Brilliant Earth Group's net margin of -9.36%. BARK's return on equity of 7.32% beat Brilliant Earth Group's return on equity.
Brilliant Earth Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BARK. BARK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brilliant Earth Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
28.8% of BARK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.4% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of BARK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 84.7% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, BARK had 17 more articles in the media than Brilliant Earth Group. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for BARK and 3 mentions for Brilliant Earth Group. BARK's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Brilliant Earth Group's score of 0.15 indicating that Brilliant Earth Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BARK presently has a consensus target price of $1.60, indicating a potential upside of 34.45%. Brilliant Earth Group has a consensus target price of $3.33, indicating a potential upside of 45.56%. Given BARK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brilliant Earth Group is more favorable than BARK.
BARK has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brilliant Earth Group has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Brilliant Earth Group beats BARK on 16 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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