FirstCash (FCFS) Competitors

Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) and FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is CHWY or FCFS more profitable?

FirstCash has a net margin of 7.64% compared to Chewy's net margin of 3.51%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat FirstCash's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chewy	3.51%	24.47%	3.66%
FirstCash	7.64%	14.99%	6.94%

Does the media prefer CHWY or FCFS?

In the previous week, Chewy had 25 more articles in the media than FirstCash. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Chewy and 4 mentions for FirstCash. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Chewy's score of 0.35 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chewy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
FirstCash	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, CHWY or FCFS?

FirstCash has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chewy. FirstCash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, 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
Chewy	$11.86B	1.60	$39.58M	$0.89	51.43
FirstCash	$3.39B	1.73	$258.82M	$6.25	21.11

Do analysts recommend CHWY or FCFS?

Chewy presently has a consensus target price of $41.22, suggesting a potential downside of 9.95%. FirstCash has a consensus target price of $133.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.18%. Given FirstCash's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstCash is more favorable than Chewy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
FirstCash	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CHWY or FCFS?

93.1% of Chewy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.3% of FirstCash shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Chewy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of FirstCash shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHWY or FCFS?

Chewy received 260 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.63% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote while only 45.83% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chewy	Outperform Votes 282 56.63%	Underperform Votes 216 43.37%
FirstCash	Outperform Votes 22 45.83%	Underperform Votes 26 54.17%

Which has more volatility & risk, CHWY or FCFS?

Chewy has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstCash has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Chewy and FirstCash tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.