PLCE vs. GCO, CTRN, TLYS, CATO, EXPR, LE, BKE, AEO, TJX, and ROST
Should you be buying Children's Place stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Children's Place include Genesco (GCO), Citi Trends (CTRN), Tilly's (TLYS), Cato (CATO), Express (EXPR), Lands' End (LE), Buckle (BKE), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), TJX Companies (TJX), and Ross Stores (ROST). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Children's Place (NASDAQ:PLCE) and Genesco (NYSE:GCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
In the previous week, Children's Place had 4 more articles in the media than Genesco. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Children's Place and 2 mentions for Genesco. Children's Place's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Genesco's score of -0.10 indicating that Children's Place is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Children's Place currently has a consensus price target of $14.50, indicating a potential upside of 82.39%. Genesco has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 3.54%. Given Children's Place's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Children's Place is more favorable than Genesco.
Children's Place has a beta of 2.18, suggesting that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesco has a beta of 2.42, suggesting that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genesco has a net margin of -0.97% compared to Children's Place's net margin of -10.56%. Genesco's return on equity of 0.40% beat Children's Place's return on equity.
94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Children's Place shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of Genesco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Genesco has higher revenue and earnings than Children's Place. Genesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Children's Place, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Children's Place received 234 more outperform votes than Genesco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.30% of users gave Children's Place an outperform vote while only 57.18% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.
Summary
Genesco beats Children's Place on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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