FIVE vs. SIG, PSMT, OLLI, ODP, WINA, SBH, HIBB, HZO, BGFV, and BIG
Should you be buying Five Below stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Five Below include Signet Jewelers (SIG), PriceSmart (PSMT), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), ODP (ODP), Winmark (WINA), Sally Beauty (SBH), Hibbett (HIBB), MarineMax (HZO), Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV), and Big Lots (BIG).
Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) and Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Signet Jewelers has higher revenue and earnings than Five Below. Signet Jewelers 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 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Signet Jewelers has a beta of 2.16, suggesting that its share price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Five Below received 153 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.78% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 69.21% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote.
Five Below currently has a consensus target price of $115.89, indicating a potential upside of 61.03%. Signet Jewelers has a consensus target price of $120.20, indicating a potential upside of 44.73%. Given Five Below's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Five Below is more favorable than Signet Jewelers.
In the previous week, Five Below had 27 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Five Below and 16 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Five Below's score of -0.07 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 10.91% compared to Five Below's net margin of 8.10%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 32.51% beat Five Below's return on equity.
Summary
Signet Jewelers beats Five Below on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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