PWSC vs. KTB, ASAI, VAC, PRKS, GOLF, GHC, LOPE, TNL, IGT, and RLX
Should you be buying PowerSchool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PowerSchool include Kontoor Brands (KTB), Sendas Distribuidora (ASAI), Marriott Vacations Worldwide (VAC), United Parks & Resorts (PRKS), Acushnet (GOLF), Graham (GHC), Grand Canyon Education (LOPE), Travel + Leisure (TNL), International Game Technology (IGT), and RLX Technology (RLX). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Kontoor Brands (NYSE:KTB) and PowerSchool (NYSE:PWSC) are both mid-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Kontoor Brands has higher revenue and earnings than PowerSchool. PowerSchool is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kontoor Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kontoor Brands has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PowerSchool has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kontoor Brands currently has a consensus target price of $75.20, suggesting a potential upside of 11.89%. PowerSchool has a consensus target price of $26.56, suggesting a potential upside of 38.67%. Given Kontoor Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PowerSchool is more favorable than Kontoor Brands.
In the previous week, PowerSchool had 2 more articles in the media than Kontoor Brands. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for PowerSchool and 28 mentions for Kontoor Brands. PowerSchool's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Kontoor Brands' score of 0.23 indicating that Kontoor Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.1% of Kontoor Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.3% of PowerSchool shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Kontoor Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of PowerSchool shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Kontoor Brands has a net margin of 8.72% compared to Kontoor Brands' net margin of -4.46%. PowerSchool's return on equity of 71.45% beat Kontoor Brands' return on equity.
Kontoor Brands received 29 more outperform votes than PowerSchool when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.47% of users gave PowerSchool an outperform vote while only 54.48% of users gave Kontoor Brands an outperform vote.
Summary
Kontoor Brands beats PowerSchool on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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