BYU vs. KIRK, NXPL, RMCF, GTIM, RAVE, TAIT, AHG, GVH, XELB, and WBUY
Should you be buying BAIYU stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BAIYU include Kirkland's (KIRK), NextPlat (NXPL), Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (RMCF), Good Times Restaurants (GTIM), Rave Restaurant Group (RAVE), Taitron Components (TAIT), Akso Health Group (AHG), Globavend (GVH), Xcel Brands (XELB), and Webuy Global (WBUY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
BAIYU (NASDAQ:BYU) and Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Kirkland's had 10 more articles in the media than BAIYU. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Kirkland's and 1 mentions for BAIYU. BAIYU's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Kirkland's' score of 0.04 indicating that BAIYU is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BAIYU has a beta of 0.35, indicating that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kirkland's has a beta of 2.2, indicating that its stock price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BAIYU has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kirkland's. BAIYU is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kirkland's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
15.4% of Kirkland's shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of BAIYU shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of Kirkland's shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kirkland's received 429 more outperform votes than BAIYU when rated by MarketBeat users.
Kirkland's has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 151.29%. Given Kirkland's' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kirkland's is more favorable than BAIYU.
BAIYU has a net margin of -0.82% compared to Kirkland's' net margin of -5.92%. BAIYU's return on equity of -0.31% beat Kirkland's' return on equity.
Summary
Kirkland's beats BAIYU on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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