ULTA vs. TSCO, DKS, MTCH, FIVE, SIG, ODP, SBH, WINA, HIBB, and HZO
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include Tractor Supply (TSCO), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Match Group (MTCH), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), ODP (ODP), Sally Beauty (SBH), Winmark (WINA), Hibbett (HIBB), and MarineMax (HZO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) and Tractor Supply (NASDAQ:TSCO) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tractor Supply has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 15 more articles in the media than Tractor Supply. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 10 mentions for Tractor Supply. Tractor Supply's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Ulta Beauty's score of 1.20 indicating that Tractor Supply is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 11.13% compared to Tractor Supply's net margin of 7.66%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 58.06% beat Tractor Supply's return on equity.
Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus target price of $507.30, indicating a potential upside of 32.59%. Tractor Supply has a consensus target price of $253.96, indicating a potential downside of 6.26%. Given Ulta Beauty's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than Tractor Supply.
90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Tractor Supply shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ulta Beauty received 255 more outperform votes than Tractor Supply when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.85% of users gave Tractor Supply an outperform vote while only 69.35% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.
Ulta Beauty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tractor Supply. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tractor Supply, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats Tractor Supply on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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