PetMed Express (PETS) Competitors

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.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RAD or PETS?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rite Aid	Outperform Votes 791 65.16%	Underperform Votes 423 34.84%
PetMed Express	Outperform Votes 213 45.71%	Underperform Votes 253 54.29%

Which has more volatility and risk, RAD or PETS?

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.

Is RAD or PETS more profitable?

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%

Do analysts prefer RAD or PETS?

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, RAD or PETS?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rite Aid	$24.09 billion	0.00	-$749.94 million	-$13.72	-0.14
PetMed Express	$256.86 million	1.26	$230 thousand	$0.02	766.88

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RAD or PETS?

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.

Does the media prefer RAD or PETS?

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.