VSCO vs. CATO, BBWI, GIL, BFAM, LBTYK, LBTYA, MAT, REYN, WH, and PLNT
Should you be buying Victoria's Secret & Co. stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Victoria's Secret & Co. include Cato (CATO), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Gildan Activewear (GIL), Bright Horizons Family Solutions (BFAM), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Mattel (MAT), Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH), and Planet Fitness (PLNT).
Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) and Cato (NYSE:CATO) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Cato received 157 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.79% of users gave Cato an outperform vote while only 16.35% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has a net margin of 1.77% compared to Cato's net margin of -2.51%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 56.40% beat Cato's return on equity.
Victoria's Secret & Co. currently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential downside of 14.12%. Given Victoria's Secret & Co.'s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Victoria's Secret & Co. is more favorable than Cato.
In the previous week, Cato had 13 more articles in the media than Victoria's Secret & Co.. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Cato and 3 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co.. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Cato's score of 0.14 indicating that Victoria's Secret & Co. is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has higher revenue and earnings than Cato. Cato is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.1% of Cato shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Cato shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cato has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Victoria's Secret & Co. beats Cato on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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