MTCH vs. DKS, FIVE, DPZ, BLDR, TPR, PAG, KMX, PFGC, BURL, and BBWI
Should you be buying Match Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Match Group include DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Five Below (FIVE), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Tapestry (TPR), Penske Automotive Group (PAG), CarMax (KMX), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Burlington Stores (BURL), and Bath & Body Works (BBWI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Match Group vs.
Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) and DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
93.5% of Match Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Match Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.8% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are held 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.
Match Group has a net margin of 11.35% compared to DICK'S Sporting Goods' net margin of 8.43%. DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity of 45.97% beat Match Group's return on equity.
Match Group presently has a consensus price target of $72.33, indicating a potential upside of 86.62%. DICK'S Sporting Goods has a consensus price target of $156.61, indicating a potential upside of 12.43%. Given Match Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Match Group is more favorable than DICK'S Sporting Goods.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has higher revenue and earnings than Match Group. DICK'S Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Match Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, DICK'S Sporting Goods had 12 more articles in the media than Match Group. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods and 12 mentions for Match Group. Match Group's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' score of 0.38 indicating that Match Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
DICK'S Sporting Goods received 843 more outperform votes than Match Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave DICK'S Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 68.41% of users gave Match Group an outperform vote.
Match Group has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Match Group and DICK'S Sporting Goods tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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