AGS vs. REAL, FNKO, XPOF, RICK, LIND, UTI, ONEW, WOW, RSVR, and FUBO
Should you be buying PlayAGS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PlayAGS include RealReal (REAL), Funko (FNKO), Xponential Fitness (XPOF), RCI Hospitality (RICK), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), Universal Technical Institute (UTI), OneWater Marine (ONEW), WideOpenWest (WOW), Reservoir Media (RSVR), and fuboTV (FUBO). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) and PlayAGS (NYSE:AGS) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
PlayAGS has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RealReal. RealReal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PlayAGS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PlayAGS has a net margin of 1.38% compared to PlayAGS's net margin of -21.24%. RealReal's return on equity of 7.71% beat PlayAGS's return on equity.
RealReal has a beta of 2.94, meaning that its stock price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PlayAGS has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its stock price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.
RealReal presently has a consensus target price of $3.76, suggesting a potential downside of 9.50%. PlayAGS has a consensus target price of $13.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.39%. Given RealReal's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PlayAGS is more favorable than RealReal.
64.7% of RealReal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.4% of PlayAGS shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of RealReal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of PlayAGS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, RealReal had 9 more articles in the media than PlayAGS. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for RealReal and 6 mentions for PlayAGS. PlayAGS's average media sentiment score of 0.08 beat RealReal's score of 0.06 indicating that RealReal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PlayAGS received 113 more outperform votes than RealReal when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.67% of users gave PlayAGS an outperform vote while only 56.70% of users gave RealReal an outperform vote.
Summary
PlayAGS beats RealReal on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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