LVLU vs. AKA, WISH, HOUR, DIBS, MYTE, QRTEA, JMIA, LL, FAT, and FATBB
Should you be buying Lulu's Fashion Lounge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lulu's Fashion Lounge include a.k.a. Brands (AKA), ContextLogic (WISH), Hour Loop (HOUR), 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Qurate Retail (QRTEA), Jumia Technologies (JMIA), LL Flooring (LL), FAT Brands (FAT), and FAT Brands (FATBB). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) and Lulu's Fashion Lounge (NASDAQ:LVLU) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Lulu's Fashion Lounge had 4 more articles in the media than a.k.a. Brands. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Lulu's Fashion Lounge and 0 mentions for a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Lulu's Fashion Lounge's score of 0.00 indicating that Lulu's Fashion Lounge is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
a.k.a. Brands presently has a consensus price target of $19.09, suggesting a potential upside of 101.54%. Lulu's Fashion Lounge has a consensus price target of $3.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.36%. Given Lulu's Fashion Lounge's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe a.k.a. Brands is more favorable than Lulu's Fashion Lounge.
Lulu's Fashion Lounge has a net margin of -4.67% compared to Lulu's Fashion Lounge's net margin of -47.38%. Lulu's Fashion Lounge's return on equity of -8.72% beat a.k.a. Brands' return on equity.
Lulu's Fashion Lounge received 2 more outperform votes than a.k.a. Brands when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.18% of users gave Lulu's Fashion Lounge an outperform vote while only 32.76% of users gave a.k.a. Brands an outperform vote.
a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.57, meaning that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lulu's Fashion Lounge has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Lulu's Fashion Lounge has lower revenue, but higher earnings than a.k.a. Brands. Lulu's Fashion Lounge is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than a.k.a. Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% of Lulu's Fashion Lounge shares are held by institutional investors. 35.3% of a.k.a. Brands shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of Lulu's Fashion Lounge shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
a.k.a. Brands beats Lulu's Fashion Lounge on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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