PSMT vs. OLLI, BIG, MNSO, FIVE, TRIP, TGLS, EAT, ARHS, ACVA, and ARCO
Should you be buying PriceSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PriceSmart include Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), Big Lots (BIG), MINISO Group (MNSO), Five Below (FIVE), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Tecnoglass (TGLS), Brinker International (EAT), Arhaus (ARHS), ACV Auctions (ACVA), and Arcos Dorados (ARCO).
Ollie's Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) and PriceSmart (NASDAQ:PSMT) are both mid-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking and risk.
80.5% of PriceSmart shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Ollie's Bargain Outlet shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.6% of PriceSmart shares are held 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.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a net margin of 8.63% compared to Ollie's Bargain Outlet's net margin of 2.62%. PriceSmart's return on equity of 12.55% beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's return on equity.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet presently has a consensus price target of $87.08, suggesting a potential upside of 17.49%. PriceSmart has a consensus price target of $90.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.88%. Given PriceSmart's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Ollie's Bargain Outlet is more favorable than PriceSmart.
In the previous week, PriceSmart had 4 more articles in the media than Ollie's Bargain Outlet. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for PriceSmart and 7 mentions for Ollie's Bargain Outlet. PriceSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Ollie's Bargain Outlet's score of 0.21 indicating that Ollie's Bargain Outlet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PriceSmart has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet received 188 more outperform votes than PriceSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.17% of users gave PriceSmart an outperform vote while only 64.46% of users gave Ollie's Bargain Outlet an outperform vote.
Ollie's Bargain Outlet has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PriceSmart. PriceSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ollie's Bargain Outlet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ollie's Bargain Outlet beats PriceSmart on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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