FCFS vs. WINA, SPH, EZPW, REAL, ZAGG, CHWY, FND, BBWI, VIPS, and W
Should you be buying FirstCash stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of FirstCash include Winmark (WINA), Suburban Propane Partners (SPH), EZCORP (EZPW), RealReal (REAL), ZAGG (ZAGG), Chewy (CHWY), Floor & Decor (FND), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Vipshop (VIPS), and Wayfair (W).
FirstCash (NASDAQ:FCFS) and Winmark (NASDAQ:WINA) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
FirstCash has higher revenue and earnings than Winmark. FirstCash is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Winmark, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Winmark has a net margin of 48.57% compared to FirstCash's net margin of 7.23%. FirstCash's return on equity of 14.73% beat Winmark's return on equity.
Winmark received 128 more outperform votes than FirstCash when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.14% of users gave Winmark an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave FirstCash an outperform vote.
FirstCash presently has a consensus price target of $142.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.93%. Winmark has a consensus price target of $445.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.88%. Given FirstCash's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe FirstCash is more favorable than Winmark.
80.3% of FirstCash shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Winmark shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.8% of FirstCash shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.6% of Winmark shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, FirstCash had 13 more articles in the media than Winmark. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for FirstCash and 3 mentions for Winmark. FirstCash's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Winmark's score of 0.52 indicating that FirstCash is being referred to more favorably in the media.
FirstCash pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Winmark pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. FirstCash pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Winmark pays out 32.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. FirstCash is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
FirstCash has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winmark has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
FirstCash beats Winmark on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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