ZUMZ vs. CTRN, TLYS, CURV, LOVE, PBPB, GCO, MYTE, NGVC, NEGG, and GENK
Should you be buying Zumiez stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zumiez include Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Torrid (CURV), Lovesac (LOVE), Potbelly (PBPB), Genesco (GCO), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage (NGVC), Newegg Commerce (NEGG), and GEN Restaurant Group (GENK). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Citi Trends (NASDAQ:CTRN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Citi Trends has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Zumiez. Citi Trends is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zumiez, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Zumiez has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Citi Trends has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Citi Trends has a net margin of -1.60% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -7.15%. Zumiez's return on equity of -5.70% beat Citi Trends' return on equity.
Zumiez currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.60%. Citi Trends has a consensus price target of $27.67, suggesting a potential upside of 22.85%. Given Citi Trends' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Citi Trends is more favorable than Zumiez.
In the previous week, Citi Trends had 9 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Citi Trends and 4 mentions for Zumiez. Citi Trends' average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Zumiez's score of 0.49 indicating that Citi Trends is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
95.5% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Zumiez shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.2% of Citi Trends shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Zumiez received 300 more outperform votes than Citi Trends when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 55.44% of users gave Citi Trends an outperform vote while only 47.96% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.
Summary
Citi Trends beats Zumiez on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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