Premier (PINC) Competitors

Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Premier (NASDAQ:PINC) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ETSY or PINC?

99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Premier shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Etsy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Premier shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ETSY or PINC?

Etsy received 241 more outperform votes than Premier when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.73% of users gave Premier an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Etsy	Outperform Votes 854 57.94%	Underperform Votes 620 42.06%
Premier	Outperform Votes 613 67.73%	Underperform Votes 292 32.27%

Do analysts recommend ETSY or PINC?

Etsy presently has a consensus price target of $50.17, indicating a potential downside of 16.65%. Premier has a consensus price target of $22.20, indicating a potential downside of 1.33%. Given Premier's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Premier is more favorable than Etsy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Etsy	5 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.04
Premier	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media favor ETSY or PINC?

In the previous week, Etsy had 25 more articles in the media than Premier. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Etsy and 8 mentions for Premier. Premier's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Etsy's score of 0.79 indicating that Premier is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Etsy	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Premier	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, ETSY or PINC?

Etsy has a beta of 1.8, meaning that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Premier has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ETSY or PINC more profitable?

Etsy has a net margin of 10.80% compared to Premier's net margin of -0.40%. Premier's return on equity of 9.41% beat Etsy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Etsy	10.80%	-46.62%	12.37%
Premier	-0.40%	9.41%	5.38%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, ETSY or PINC?

Etsy has higher revenue and earnings than Premier. Premier is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, 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
Etsy	$2.81B	2.23	$307.57M	$1.40	43.00
Premier	$1.26B	1.47	$119.54M	$0.57	39.47

Summary

Etsy beats Premier on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.