WSM vs. BLDR, QSR, ULTA, DPZ, DRI, DECK, CVNA, BBY, DKS, and DLTR
Should you be buying Williams-Sonoma stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Williams-Sonoma include Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), Carvana (CVNA), Best Buy (BBY), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), and Dollar Tree (DLTR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) and Builders FirstSource (NYSE:BLDR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Builders FirstSource has higher revenue and earnings than Williams-Sonoma. Builders FirstSource is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams-Sonoma, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.72, indicating that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Builders FirstSource has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 13.83% compared to Builders FirstSource's net margin of 8.57%. Williams-Sonoma's return on equity of 54.50% beat Builders FirstSource's return on equity.
Williams-Sonoma received 145 more outperform votes than Builders FirstSource when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.88% of users gave Builders FirstSource an outperform vote while only 49.18% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 56 more articles in the media than Builders FirstSource. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 10 mentions for Builders FirstSource. Builders FirstSource's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Williams-Sonoma's score of 0.52 indicating that Builders FirstSource is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Builders FirstSource shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Williams-Sonoma presently has a consensus price target of $259.94, indicating a potential downside of 8.59%. Builders FirstSource has a consensus price target of $196.27, indicating a potential upside of 20.64%. Given Builders FirstSource's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Builders FirstSource is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.
Summary
Williams-Sonoma and Builders FirstSource tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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