Rent the Runway (RENT) Competitors

Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) and Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE:VGII) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts prefer RENT or VGII?

Rent the Runway presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 656.01%. Given Rent the Runway's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Rent the Runway is more favorable than Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rent the Runway	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, RENT or VGII?

Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Rent the Runway.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Rent the Runway	$306.20M	0.06	-$113.20M	-$18.58	-0.23
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A	$2.70M	N/A	N/A

Is RENT or VGII more profitable?

Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Rent the Runway's net margin of -26.60%. Rent the Runway's return on equity of 0.00% beat Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rent the Runway	-26.60%	N/A	-28.93%
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	-22.81%	-4.99%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RENT or VGII?

Rent the Runway received 286 more outperform votes than Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rent the Runway	Outperform Votes 286 66.82%	Underperform Votes 142 33.18%
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor RENT or VGII?

In the previous week, Rent the Runway had 3 more articles in the media than Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Rent the Runway and 0 mentions for Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II. Rent the Runway's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II's score of 0.00 indicating that Rent the Runway is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Rent the Runway	Neutral
Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II	Neutral

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in RENT or VGII?

73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.4% of Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Rent the Runway shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Rent the Runway beats Virgin Group Acquisition Corp. II on 9 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.