DAVIDsTEA (DTEA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend DTEA or DNUT?

Krispy Kreme has a consensus target price of $11.57, suggesting a potential upside of 172.59%. Given Krispy Kreme's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Krispy Kreme is more favorable than DAVIDsTEA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DAVIDsTEA	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Krispy Kreme	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk and volatility, DTEA or DNUT?

DAVIDsTEA has a beta of 2.66, meaning that its share price is 166% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Krispy Kreme has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, DTEA or DNUT?

DAVIDsTEA has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Krispy Kreme. DAVIDsTEA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Krispy Kreme, 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
DAVIDsTEA	$91.55M	0.14	$62.38M	-$0.30	-1.57
Krispy Kreme	$1.67B	0.43	-$37.92M	$0.02	212.25

Is DTEA or DNUT 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
DAVIDsTEA	-10.92%	-13.69%	-8.24%
Krispy Kreme	1.64%	0.53%	0.21%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DTEA or DNUT?

DAVIDsTEA received 202 more outperform votes than Krispy Kreme when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 42.86% of users gave Krispy Kreme an outperform vote while only 39.53% of users gave DAVIDsTEA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
DAVIDsTEA	Outperform Votes 238 39.53%	Underperform Votes 364 60.47%
Krispy Kreme	Outperform Votes 36 42.86%	Underperform Votes 48 57.14%

Does the media prefer DTEA or DNUT?

In the previous week, Krispy Kreme had 12 more articles in the media than DAVIDsTEA. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Krispy Kreme and 1 mentions for DAVIDsTEA. Krispy Kreme's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat DAVIDsTEA's score of 0.00 indicating that Krispy Kreme is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DAVIDsTEA	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Krispy Kreme	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DTEA or DNUT?

0.9% of DAVIDsTEA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of DAVIDsTEA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.3% of Krispy Kreme shares are owned by 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.

Summary

Krispy Kreme beats DAVIDsTEA on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.