AKA vs. DIBS, WISH, SFIX, LVLU, LGCB, QRTEA, MYTE, DDL, HEPS, and JMIA
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), ContextLogic (WISH), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), Linkage Global (LGCB), Qurate Retail (QRTEA), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), and Jumia Technologies (JMIA). These companies are all part of the "catalog & mail - order houses" industry.
1stdibs.Com (NASDAQ:DIBS) and a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, 1stdibs.Com had 13 more articles in the media than a.k.a. Brands. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for 1stdibs.Com and 15 mentions for a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat 1stdibs.Com's score of -0.13 indicating that 1stdibs.Com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
1stdibs.Com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than a.k.a. Brands. 1stdibs.Com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than a.k.a. Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
a.k.a. Brands received 7 more outperform votes than 1stdibs.Com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 34.29% of users gave 1stdibs.Com an outperform vote while only 31.15% of users gave a.k.a. Brands an outperform vote.
a.k.a. Brands has a net margin of -18.11% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -21.13%. a.k.a. Brands' return on equity of -13.12% beat 1stdibs.Com's return on equity.
1stdibs.Com presently has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 32.23%. a.k.a. Brands has a consensus price target of $14.50, suggesting a potential downside of 38.48%. Given a.k.a. Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe 1stdibs.Com is more favorable than a.k.a. Brands.
1stdibs.Com has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
67.0% of 1stdibs.Com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by institutional investors. 19.6% of 1stdibs.Com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
1stdibs.Com beats a.k.a. Brands on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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