BBWI vs. PFGC, KMX, PAG, TXRH, WING, BURL, FBIN, TPX, CASY, and TPR
Should you be buying Bath & Body Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bath & Body Works include Performance Food Group (PFGC), CarMax (KMX), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Burlington Stores (BURL), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Casey's General Stores (CASY), and Tapestry (TPR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) and Performance Food Group (NYSE:PFGC) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Performance Food Group received 354 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.09% of users gave Performance Food Group an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.
Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Performance Food Group has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Performance Food Group had 16 more articles in the media than Bath & Body Works. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Performance Food Group and 6 mentions for Bath & Body Works. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Performance Food Group's score of 0.43 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bath & Body Works presently has a consensus price target of $46.73, indicating a potential downside of 1.72%. Performance Food Group has a consensus price target of $81.14, indicating a potential upside of 14.32%. Given Performance Food Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Performance Food Group is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.
Bath & Body Works has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Performance Food Group. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Performance Food Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.9% of Performance Food Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Performance Food Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 11.82% compared to Performance Food Group's net margin of 0.72%. Performance Food Group's return on equity of 16.22% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.
Summary
Performance Food Group beats Bath & Body Works on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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