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NASDAQ:PETS

PetMed Express (PETS) Competitors

$15.33
-0.32 (-2.04%)
(As of 11:10 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$15.24
$15.65
50-Day Range
$14.61
$16.56
52-Week Range
$14.05
$24.01
Volume
84,891 shs
Average Volume
423,792 shs
Market Capitalization
$324.54 million
P/E Ratio
766.88
Dividend Yield
7.83%
Price Target
$18.50

PETS vs. RAD, NATH, BBW, VLGEA, DXLG, TAST, LE, MYTE, ZUMZ, and LOCO

Should you be buying PetMed Express stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetMed Express include Rite Aid (RAD), Nathan's Famous (NATH), Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW), Village Super Market (VLGEA), Destination XL Group (DXLG), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Lands' End (LE), MYT Netherlands Parent B.V. (MYTE), Zumiez (ZUMZ), and El Pollo Loco (LOCO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

PetMed Express vs.

Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) and PetMed Express (NASDAQ:PETS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.

Rite Aid received 578 more outperform votes than PetMed Express when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.16% of users gave Rite Aid an outperform vote while only 45.71% of users gave PetMed Express an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Rite AidOutperform Votes
791
65.16%
Underperform Votes
423
34.84%
PetMed ExpressOutperform Votes
213
45.71%
Underperform Votes
253
54.29%

Rite Aid has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetMed Express has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

PetMed Express has a net margin of 0.09% compared to Rite Aid's net margin of -3.11%. PetMed Express' return on equity of 4.90% beat Rite Aid's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rite Aid -3.11% N/A -1.76%
PetMed Express 0.09% 4.90% 3.95%

Rite Aid currently has a consensus target price of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 45.89%. PetMed Express has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.68%. Given Rite Aid's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Rite Aid is more favorable than PetMed Express.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rite Aid
2 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00
PetMed Express
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

PetMed Express has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rite Aid. Rite Aid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetMed Express, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rite Aid$24.09 billion0.00-$749.94 million-$13.72-0.14
PetMed Express$256.86 million1.26$230 thousand$0.02766.88

51.8% of Rite Aid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.7% of PetMed Express shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Rite Aid shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of PetMed Express shares are held 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.

In the previous week, PetMed Express had 1 more articles in the media than Rite Aid. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for PetMed Express and 4 mentions for Rite Aid. PetMed Express' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Rite Aid's score of 0.85 indicating that PetMed Express is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rite Aid
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PetMed Express
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

PetMed Express beats Rite Aid on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PETS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PETS vs. The Competition

MetricPetMed ExpressDrug stores & proprietary stores IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$324.54M$11.96B$17.41B$6.25B
Dividend Yield7.84%5.79%171.40%6.38%
P/E Ratio766.8873.3234.5911.81
Price / Sales1.260.4913.2288.55
Price / Cash29.0610.0738.90107.03
Price / Book2.611.717.225.28
Net Income$230,000.00$762.05M$525.80M$192.96M
7 Day Performance-0.78%5.48%5.11%3.66%
1 Month Performance3.23%16.38%0.79%4.97%
1 Year Performance-29.84%-31.97%-1.51%1.61%

PetMed Express Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RAD
Rite Aid
1.4578 of 5 stars
$1.86
+2.2%
$2.75
+47.8%
-70.7%$104.95M$24.09B-0.1447,000News Coverage
NATH
Nathan's Famous
2.1012 of 5 stars
$77.69
+2.9%
N/A+51.7%$316.98M$114.88M17.23146Upcoming Earnings
BBW
Build-A-Bear Workshop
1.7436 of 5 stars
$21.25
+3.1%
N/A+11.8%$317.39M$470.33M6.524,200
VLGEA
Village Super Market
2.4867 of 5 stars
$22.07
+6.6%
N/A-8.5%$320.24M$2.06B9.777,177Positive News
DXLG
Destination XL Group
1.9321 of 5 stars
$4.71
+4.9%
$9.75
+107.0%
+6.5%$296.26M$545.84M3.771,480
TAST
Carrols Restaurant Group
1.6478 of 5 stars
$5.45
-4.6%
$5.88
+7.8%
+158.4%$294.63M$1.73B-5.1424,300Positive News
LE
Lands' End
1.0018 of 5 stars
$8.96
+4.8%
$11.50
+28.3%
-13.1%$290.84M$1.56B-24.895,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
MYTE
MYT Netherlands Parent B.V.
2.5246 of 5 stars
$3.90
+1.3%
$10.75
+175.6%
-66.6%$331.03M$777.64M-43.331,238
ZUMZ
Zumiez
2.5632 of 5 stars
$14.51
+7.1%
$21.00
+44.7%
-44.5%$286.57M$958.38M96.739,400Earnings Report
Insider Buying
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
LOCO
El Pollo Loco
2.2954 of 5 stars
$9.48
+2.5%
N/A-8.6%$341.56M$469.96M14.584,931Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PETS) was last updated on 6/8/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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