Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) Vs. TSCO, ULTA, DKS, SIG, ODP, SBH, HIBB, HZO, WINA, and BGFV
Should you be buying Five Below stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Five Below include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Signet Jewelers (SIG), The ODP (ODP), Sally Beauty (SBH), Hibbett Sports (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), Winmark (WINA), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV). These companies are all part of the "specialty stores" industry.
Five Below vs.
Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
Ulta Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Five Below. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Five Below, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Five Below has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.71, meaning that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Five Below has a net margin of 10.03% compared to Ulta Beauty's net margin of 9.50%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 40.49% beat Five Below's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 25 more articles in the media than Five Below. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 4 mentions for Five Below. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Five Below's score of 0.23 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Five Below currently has a consensus price target of $224.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.20%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $408.91, suggesting a potential upside of 10.51%. Given Five Below's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Five Below is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
Ulta Beauty received 334 more outperform votes than Five Below when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.95% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote while only 73.06% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.
97.2% of Five Below shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Five Below shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats Five Below on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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Five Below Competitors List
