Ross Stores (ROST) Competitors

Grocery Outlet (NASDAQ:GO) and Ross Stores (NASDAQ:ROST) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GO or ROST?

Ross Stores has higher revenue and earnings than Grocery Outlet. Ross Stores is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grocery Outlet, 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
Grocery Outlet	$4.37B	0.42	$39.47M	$0.07	264.29
Ross Stores	$21.13B	2.29	$2.09B	$6.33	23.38

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GO or ROST?

99.9% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.9% of Ross Stores shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of Grocery Outlet shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Ross Stores shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GO or ROST more profitable?

Ross Stores has a net margin of 9.79% compared to Grocery Outlet's net margin of 0.18%. Ross Stores' return on equity of 38.77% beat Grocery Outlet's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grocery Outlet	0.18%	6.34%	2.35%
Ross Stores	9.79%	38.77%	14.16%

Do analysts prefer GO or ROST?

Grocery Outlet currently has a consensus price target of $16.08, indicating a potential downside of 13.10%. Ross Stores has a consensus price target of $159.06, indicating a potential upside of 7.47%. Given Ross Stores' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ross Stores is more favorable than Grocery Outlet.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grocery Outlet	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.15
Ross Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more risk & volatility, GO or ROST?

Grocery Outlet has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its share price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ross Stores has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GO or ROST?

In the previous week, Grocery Outlet had 26 more articles in the media than Ross Stores. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for Grocery Outlet and 27 mentions for Ross Stores. Ross Stores' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Grocery Outlet's score of 0.74 indicating that Ross Stores is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grocery Outlet	14 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ross Stores	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ross Stores beats Grocery Outlet on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.