Kirkland's (KIRK) Competitors

Yunji (NASDAQ:YJ) and Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts recommend YJ or KIRK?

Kirkland's has a consensus target price of $4.88, indicating a potential upside of 151.29%. Given Yunji's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kirkland's is more favorable than Yunji.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Yunji	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Kirkland's	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of YJ or KIRK?

15.4% of Kirkland's shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.3% of Yunji shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Kirkland's shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor YJ or KIRK?

In the previous week, Kirkland's had 9 more articles in the media than Yunji. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kirkland's and 2 mentions for Yunji. Kirkland's' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Yunji's score of 0.04 indicating that Yunji is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Yunji	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kirkland's	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, YJ or KIRK?

Yunji has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirkland's has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, YJ or KIRK?

Yunji has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kirkland's. Kirkland's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Yunji, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Yunji	$90.17M	0.17	-$23.26M	-$1.24	-0.61
Kirkland's	$468.69M	0.05	-$27.75M	-$2.18	-0.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor YJ or KIRK?

Kirkland's received 387 more outperform votes than Yunji when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.22% of users gave Kirkland's an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave Yunji an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Yunji	Outperform Votes 42 56.76%	Underperform Votes 32 43.24%
Kirkland's	Outperform Votes 429 72.22%	Underperform Votes 165 27.78%

Is YJ or KIRK more profitable?

Kirkland's has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Kirkland's' net margin of -25.69%. Kirkland's' return on equity of -13.13% beat Yunji's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Yunji	-25.69%	-13.13%	-9.96%
Kirkland's	-5.92%	-870.01%	-10.19%

Summary

Kirkland's beats Yunji on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.