1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS) Competitors

1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) and PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer FLWS or PETS?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM currently has a consensus price target of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.08%. PetMed Express has a consensus price target of $3.35, indicating a potential downside of 13.26%. Given 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is more favorable than PetMed Express.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
1-800-FLOWERS.COM	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
PetMed Express	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Is FLWS or PETS more profitable?

PetMed Express has a net margin of 0.14% compared to 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's net margin of -0.43%. PetMed Express' return on equity of 0.37% beat 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
1-800-FLOWERS.COM	-0.43%	-0.76%	-0.34%
PetMed Express	0.14%	0.37%	0.23%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FLWS or PETS?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM has higher revenue and earnings than PetMed Express. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetMed Express, 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
1-800-FLOWERS.COM	$1.71B	0.19	-$6.11M	-$2.65	-1.91
PetMed Express	$247.01M	0.32	-$7.46M	$0.01	386.20

Which has more volatility and risk, FLWS or PETS?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetMed Express has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FLWS or PETS?

In the previous week, PetMed Express had 1 more articles in the media than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PetMed Express and 9 mentions for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat PetMed Express' score of 0.53 indicating that 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
1-800-FLOWERS.COM	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
PetMed Express	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in FLWS or PETS?

38.4% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of PetMed Express shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.0% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of PetMed Express shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FLWS or PETS?

1-800-FLOWERS.COM received 270 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave 1-800-FLOWERS.COM an outperform vote while only 44.91% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
1-800-FLOWERS.COM	Outperform Votes 486 64.03%	Underperform Votes 273 35.97%
PetMed Express	Outperform Votes 216 44.91%	Underperform Votes 265 55.09%

Summary

1-800-FLOWERS.COM beats PetMed Express on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.