PETS vs. NDLS, CONN, FAT, BIG, PSQH, CATO, FOSL, BGFV, LVLU, and TZOO
Should you be buying PetMed Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetMed Express include Noodles & Company (NDLS), Conn's (CONN), FAT Brands (FAT), Big Lots (BIG), PSQ (PSQH), Cato (CATO), Fossil Group (FOSL), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), and Travelzoo (TZOO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) and Noodles & Company (NASDAQ:NDLS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
PetMed Express has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Noodles & Company. PetMed Express is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Noodles & Company, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PetMed Express currently has a consensus price target of $6.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.30%. Noodles & Company has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 86.17%. Given Noodles & Company's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Noodles & Company is more favorable than PetMed Express.
73.3% of PetMed Express shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.7% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of PetMed Express shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Noodles & Company shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PetMed Express has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noodles & Company has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Noodles & Company received 171 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.64% of users gave Noodles & Company an outperform vote while only 45.13% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.
Noodles & Company has a net margin of -2.58% compared to PetMed Express' net margin of -2.92%. PetMed Express' return on equity of -1.25% beat Noodles & Company's return on equity.
In the previous week, PetMed Express had 1 more articles in the media than Noodles & Company. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PetMed Express and 5 mentions for Noodles & Company. Noodles & Company's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat PetMed Express' score of 0.37 indicating that Noodles & Company is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Noodles & Company beats PetMed Express on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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