KIRK vs. BBBY, HOME, W, WSM, RH, HVT, AAN, RENT, YJ, and BQ
Should you be buying Kirkland's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kirkland's include Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), At Home Group (HOME), Wayfair (W), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), RH (RH), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Aaron's (AAN), Rent the Runway (RENT), Yunji (YJ), and Boqii (BQ).
Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) and Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) 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 media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk, valuation and profitability.
Kirkland's has a beta of 2.24, suggesting that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bed Bath & Beyond has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kirkland's had 11 more articles in the media than Bed Bath & Beyond. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kirkland's and 0 mentions for Bed Bath & Beyond. Kirkland's' average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Bed Bath & Beyond's score of 0.00 indicating that Kirkland's is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bed Bath & Beyond received 430 more outperform votes than Kirkland's when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.15% of users gave Kirkland's an outperform vote while only 52.06% of users gave Bed Bath & Beyond an outperform vote.
15.4% of Kirkland's shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.2% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Kirkland's shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Bed Bath & Beyond shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kirkland's currently has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 268.42%. Given Kirkland's' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kirkland's is more favorable than Bed Bath & Beyond.
Kirkland's has a net margin of -5.28% compared to Bed Bath & Beyond's net margin of -20.54%. Bed Bath & Beyond's return on equity of 0.00% beat Kirkland's' return on equity.
Kirkland's has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Bed Bath & Beyond. Kirkland's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bed Bath & Beyond, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kirkland's beats Bed Bath & Beyond on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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