DAVIDsTEA (DTEA) Competitors

Krispy Kreme (NASDAQ:DNUT) and DAVIDsTEA (NASDAQ:DTEA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do analysts prefer DNUT or DTEA?

Krispy Kreme presently has a consensus target price of $10.58, suggesting a potential upside of 292.39%. Given Krispy Kreme's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than DAVIDsTEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Krispy Kreme	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
DAVIDsTEA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DNUT or DTEA more profitable?

Krispy Kreme has a net margin of 1.64% compared to DAVIDsTEA's net margin of -10.92%. Krispy Kreme's return on equity of 0.53% beat DAVIDsTEA's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Krispy Kreme	1.64%	0.53%	0.21%
DAVIDsTEA	-10.92%	-13.69%	-8.24%

Which has better earnings & valuation, DNUT or DTEA?

DAVIDsTEA has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kreme is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DAVIDsTEA, 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
Krispy Kreme	$1.60B	0.29	-$37.92M	-$0.13	-20.73
DAVIDsTEA	$91.55M	0.23	$62.38M	-$0.30	-2.67

Does the media prefer DNUT or DTEA?

In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 32 more articles in the media than DAVIDsTEA. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 1 mentions for DAVIDsTEA. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat DAVIDsTEA's score of 0.00 indicating that Krispy Kreme is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Krispy Kreme	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DAVIDsTEA	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk & volatility, DNUT or DTEA?

Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DAVIDsTEA has a beta of 2.66, indicating that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in DNUT or DTEA?

81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.9% of DAVIDsTEA shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Krispy Kreme shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of DAVIDsTEA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DNUT or DTEA?

DAVIDsTEA received 202 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 41.38% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote while only 39.34% of users gave DAVIDsTEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Krispy Kreme	Outperform Votes 36 41.38%	Underperform Votes 51 58.62%
DAVIDsTEA	Outperform Votes 238 39.34%	Underperform Votes 367 60.66%

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats DAVIDsTEA on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.