RENT vs. BARK, NEGG, SPWH, RRGB, BIRD, WILC, TZOO, WISH, CATO, and PSQH
Should you be buying Rent the Runway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rent the Runway include BARK (BARK), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH), Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (RRGB), Allbirds (BIRD), G. Willi-Food International (WILC), Travelzoo (TZOO), ContextLogic (WISH), Cato (CATO), and PSQ (PSQH). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
BARK (NYSE:BARK) and Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, BARK had 12 more articles in the media than Rent the Runway. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for BARK and 9 mentions for Rent the Runway. BARK's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Rent the Runway's score of 0.20 indicating that Rent the Runway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BARK has a beta of 1.53, suggesting that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rent the Runway has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BARK has a net margin of -9.36% compared to BARK's net margin of -37.96%. BARK's return on equity of 0.00% beat Rent the Runway's return on equity.
BARK presently has a consensus price target of $1.60, indicating a potential upside of 30.08%. Rent the Runway has a consensus price target of $31.88, indicating a potential upside of 28.89%. Given Rent the Runway's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe BARK is more favorable than Rent the Runway.
28.8% of BARK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.4% of BARK shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BARK has higher revenue and earnings than Rent the Runway. BARK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rent the Runway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Rent the Runway received 268 more outperform votes than BARK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.90% of users gave Rent the Runway an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave BARK an outperform vote.
Summary
BARK beats Rent the Runway on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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