PLCE vs. DXLG, CONN, PETS, BIRD, BGFV, CATO, BIG, LGCB, NDLS, and FARM
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Destination XL Group (DXLG), Conn's (CONN), PetMed Express (PETS), Allbirds (BIRD), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), Cato (CATO), Big Lots (BIG), Linkage Global (LGCB), Noodles & Company (NDLS), and Farmer Bros. (FARM). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Destination XL Group (NASDAQ:DXLG) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
Children's Place received 672 more outperform votes than Destination XL Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.64% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave Destination XL Group an outperform vote.
Children's Place has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Destination XL Group has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Destination XL Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Children's Place. Children's Place is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Destination XL Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Children's Place had 2 more articles in the media than Destination XL Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Children's Place and 4 mentions for Destination XL Group. Destination XL Group's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Children's Place's score of 0.10 indicating that Destination XL Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Destination XL Group has a net margin of 5.34% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -4.75%. Destination XL Group's return on equity of 21.84% beat Children's Place's return on equity.
73.5% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Children's Place shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Destination XL Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Children's Place presently has a consensus target price of $17.50, indicating a potential upside of 124.94%. Destination XL Group has a consensus target price of $4.50, indicating a potential upside of 38.89%. Given Children's Place's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Destination XL Group.
Summary
Destination XL Group beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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