High Tide (HITI) Competitors

High Tide (NASDAQ:HITI) and Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE:BBW) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate HITI or BBW?

High Tide presently has a consensus price target of $4.75, suggesting a potential upside of 108.33%. Build-A-Bear Workshop has a consensus price target of $51.33, suggesting a potential downside of 4.67%. Given High Tide's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe High Tide is more favorable than Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
High Tide	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Build-A-Bear Workshop	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HITI or BBW?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has lower revenue, but higher earnings than High Tide. High Tide is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Build-A-Bear Workshop, 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
High Tide	$550.24M	0.34	-$3.19M	-$0.08	-28.50
Build-A-Bear Workshop	$510.07M	1.39	$51.78M	$4.16	12.94

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of HITI or BBW?

4.5% of High Tide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.3% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.4% of High Tide shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.8% of Build-A-Bear Workshop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, HITI or BBW?

High Tide has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Build-A-Bear Workshop has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HITI or BBW more profitable?

Build-A-Bear Workshop has a net margin of 10.91% compared to High Tide's net margin of -1.71%. Build-A-Bear Workshop's return on equity of 40.74% beat High Tide's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
High Tide	-1.71%	-6.45%	-3.93%
Build-A-Bear Workshop	10.91%	40.74%	18.98%

Does the media refer more to HITI or BBW?

In the previous week, Build-A-Bear Workshop had 4 more articles in the media than High Tide. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Build-A-Bear Workshop and 0 mentions for High Tide. Build-A-Bear Workshop's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat High Tide's score of 0.50 indicating that Build-A-Bear Workshop is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
High Tide	Positive
Build-A-Bear Workshop	Positive

Summary

Build-A-Bear Workshop beats High Tide on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.