SIG vs. AAP, ABG, SHAK, CPRI, WEN, GPI, AEO, ZGN, GMS, and URBN
Should you be buying Signet Jewelers stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Signet Jewelers include Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Asbury Automotive Group (ABG), Shake Shack (SHAK), Capri (CPRI), Wendy's (WEN), Group 1 Automotive (GPI), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), GMS (GMS), and Urban Outfitters (URBN). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Advance Auto Parts (NYSE:AAP) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Advance Auto Parts has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Signet Jewelers has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Advance Auto Parts. Signet Jewelers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Advance Auto Parts, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 11.30% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 0.39%. Advance Auto Parts' return on equity of 32.26% beat Signet Jewelers' return on equity.
Advance Auto Parts received 130 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.92% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Advance Auto Parts an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Signet Jewelers had 4 more articles in the media than Advance Auto Parts. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Signet Jewelers and 5 mentions for Advance Auto Parts. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Advance Auto Parts' score of 0.56 indicating that Advance Auto Parts is being referred to more favorably in the media.
88.8% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Advance Auto Parts shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of Signet Jewelers shares are owned by company 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.
Advance Auto Parts currently has a consensus price target of $64.56, suggesting a potential downside of 12.59%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus price target of $120.20, suggesting a potential upside of 23.69%. Given Advance Auto Parts' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Advance Auto Parts.
Advance Auto Parts pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Advance Auto Parts pays out 135.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Signet Jewelers pays out 7.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Signet Jewelers has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Advance Auto Parts on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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