Kaixin (KXIN) Competitors

Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) and Kaixin (NASDAQ:KXIN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RENT or KXIN?

73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Kaixin shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.8% of Kaixin shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is RENT or KXIN more profitable?

Kaixin has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rent the Runway's net margin of -26.60%.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rent the Runway	-26.60%	N/A	-28.93%
Kaixin	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RENT or KXIN?

Rent the Runway received 255 more outperform votes than Kaixin when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Kaixin an outperform vote while only 66.51% of users gave Rent the Runway an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rent the Runway	Outperform Votes 286 66.51%	Underperform Votes 144 33.49%
Kaixin	Outperform Votes 31 67.39%	Underperform Votes 15 32.61%

Do analysts recommend RENT or KXIN?

Rent the Runway presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 469.95%. Given Rent the Runway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rent the Runway is more favorable than Kaixin.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rent the Runway	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Kaixin	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RENT or KXIN?

Kaixin has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rent the Runway.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rent the Runway	$300.80M	0.08	-$113.20M	-$19.13	-0.30
Kaixin	$12.68M	0.48	-$53.56M	N/A	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, RENT or KXIN?

Rent the Runway has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kaixin has a beta of -0.21, meaning that its share price is 121% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor RENT or KXIN?

In the previous week, Rent the Runway had 7 more articles in the media than Kaixin. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Rent the Runway and 2 mentions for Kaixin. Kaixin's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Rent the Runway's score of 0.86 indicating that Kaixin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Rent the Runway	Positive
Kaixin	Positive

Summary

Rent the Runway beats Kaixin on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.