Baozun (BZUN) Competitors

Arko (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Baozun (NASDAQ:BZUN) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, ARKO or BZUN?

Arko has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baozun has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer ARKO or BZUN?

Arko currently has a consensus price target of $6.58, suggesting a potential upside of 58.94%. Baozun has a consensus price target of $3.20, suggesting a potential upside of 16.58%. Given Arko's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Arko is more favorable than Baozun.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arko	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Baozun	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ARKO or BZUN?

Arko has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baozun. Baozun is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arko, 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
Arko	$8.73B	0.05	$34.37M	$0.13	31.86
Baozun	$9.42B	0.02	-$39.22M	-$0.43	-6.38

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARKO or BZUN?

78.3% of Arko shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.3% of Baozun shares are held by institutional investors. 21.6% of Arko shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 59.2% of Baozun shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARKO or BZUN?

Baozun received 398 more outperform votes than Arko when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.32% of users gave Baozun an outperform vote while only 36.84% of users gave Arko an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arko	Outperform Votes 14 36.84%	Underperform Votes 24 63.16%
Baozun	Outperform Votes 412 60.32%	Underperform Votes 271 39.68%

Does the media refer more to ARKO or BZUN?

In the previous week, Arko had 1 more articles in the media than Baozun. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Arko and 2 mentions for Baozun. Baozun's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Arko's score of 0.36 indicating that Baozun is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arko	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Baozun	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ARKO or BZUN more profitable?

Arko has a net margin of 0.27% compared to Baozun's net margin of -2.55%. Arko's return on equity of 8.88% beat Baozun's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arko	0.27%	8.88%	0.66%
Baozun	-2.55%	-5.58%	-2.33%

Summary

Arko beats Baozun on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.