Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI) Competitors

Sendas Distribuidora (NYSE:ASAI) and Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.

Is ASAI or KTB more profitable?

Kontoor Brands has a net margin of 8.72% compared to Sendas Distribuidora's net margin of 1.07%. Kontoor Brands' return on equity of 71.45% beat Sendas Distribuidora's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sendas Distribuidora	1.07%	16.48%	1.76%
Kontoor Brands	8.72%	71.45%	15.62%

Which has more risk and volatility, ASAI or KTB?

Sendas Distribuidora has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ASAI or KTB?

8.8% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Sendas Distribuidora shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Kontoor Brands shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ASAI or KTB?

Kontoor Brands received 69 more outperform votes than Sendas Distribuidora when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.48% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave Sendas Distribuidora an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sendas Distribuidora	Outperform Votes 10 43.48%	Underperform Votes 13 56.52%
Kontoor Brands	Outperform Votes 79 54.48%	Underperform Votes 66 45.52%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ASAI or KTB?

Kontoor Brands has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sendas Distribuidora. Kontoor Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sendas Distribuidora, 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
Sendas Distribuidora	$13.32B	0.26	$142.21M	$0.53	24.45
Kontoor Brands	$2.57B	1.49	$230.99M	$3.95	17.41

Does the media prefer ASAI or KTB?

In the previous week, Kontoor Brands had 17 more articles in the media than Sendas Distribuidora. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Kontoor Brands and 0 mentions for Sendas Distribuidora. Kontoor Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Sendas Distribuidora's score of 0.00 indicating that Kontoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Sendas Distribuidora	Neutral
Kontoor Brands	Positive

Do analysts prefer ASAI or KTB?

Sendas Distribuidora currently has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.17%. Kontoor Brands has a consensus target price of $75.20, indicating a potential upside of 9.33%. Given Sendas Distribuidora's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sendas Distribuidora is more favorable than Kontoor Brands.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sendas Distribuidora	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Kontoor Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

Kontoor Brands beats Sendas Distribuidora on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.