RENT vs. KIRK, YJ, TGL, THCH, FOSL, HOUR, ARKR, LVLU, LL, and RAVE
Should you be buying Rent the Runway stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rent the Runway include Kirkland's (KIRK), Yunji (YJ), Treasure Global (TGL), TH International (THCH), Fossil Group (FOSL), Hour Loop (HOUR), Ark Restaurants (ARKR), Lulu's Fashion Lounge (LVLU), LL Flooring (LL), and Rave Restaurant Group (RAVE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kirkland's (NASDAQ:KIRK) and Rent the Runway (NASDAQ:RENT) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
In the previous week, Kirkland's had 2 more articles in the media than Rent the Runway. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Kirkland's and 8 mentions for Rent the Runway. Kirkland's' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Rent the Runway's score of 0.14 indicating that Rent the Runway is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kirkland's presently has a consensus price target of $4.88, suggesting a potential upside of 150.00%. Rent the Runway has a consensus price target of $31.88, suggesting a potential upside of 176.21%. Given Kirkland's' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rent the Runway is more favorable than Kirkland's.
Kirkland's received 146 more outperform votes than Rent the Runway when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.22% of users gave Kirkland's an outperform vote while only 66.90% of users gave Rent the Runway an outperform vote.
Kirkland's has higher revenue and earnings than Rent the Runway. Kirkland's is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rent the Runway, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kirkland's has a net margin of -5.92% compared to Kirkland's' net margin of -37.96%. Kirkland's' return on equity of 0.00% beat Rent the Runway's return on equity.
Kirkland's has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rent the Runway has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
15.4% of Kirkland's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Rent the Runway shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Kirkland's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Rent the Runway shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Kirkland's beats Rent the Runway on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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