CNXN vs. QRTEA, SFIX, LITB, NSIT, RVLV, HEPS, SAH, QRTEB, CAKE, and BKE
Should you be buying PC Connection stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PC Connection include Qurate Retail (QRTEA), Stitch Fix (SFIX), LightInTheBox (LITB), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), Revolve Group (RVLV), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), Sonic Automotive (SAH), Qurate Retail (QRTEB), Cheesecake Factory (CAKE), and Buckle (BKE).
Qurate Retail (NASDAQ:QRTEA) and PC Connection (NASDAQ:CNXN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.
64.1% of Qurate Retail shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.9% of PC Connection shares are held by institutional investors. 11.2% of Qurate Retail shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 56.5% of PC Connection shares are held by 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.
Qurate Retail received 541 more outperform votes than PC Connection when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.28% of users gave Qurate Retail an outperform vote while only 62.87% of users gave PC Connection an outperform vote.
Qurate Retail has a beta of 2.7, suggesting that its stock price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PC Connection has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PC Connection has a net margin of 2.92% compared to PC Connection's net margin of -1.33%. PC Connection's return on equity of 14.46% beat Qurate Retail's return on equity.
In the previous week, PC Connection had 9 more articles in the media than Qurate Retail. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for PC Connection and 0 mentions for Qurate Retail. PC Connection's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Qurate Retail's score of 0.34 indicating that Qurate Retail is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PC Connection has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Qurate Retail. Qurate Retail is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PC Connection, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Qurate Retail currently has a consensus price target of $1.10, indicating a potential upside of 8.91%. Given PC Connection's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Qurate Retail is more favorable than PC Connection.
Summary
Qurate Retail and PC Connection tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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