Sportsman's Warehouse (SPWH) Competitors

ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) and Sportsman's Warehouse (NASDAQ:SPWH) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARKO or SPWH?

ARKO has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sportsman's Warehouse has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ARKO or SPWH?

ARKO currently has a consensus target price of $7.13, indicating a potential upside of 42.22%. Sportsman's Warehouse has a consensus target price of $3.21, indicating a potential upside of 2.18%. Given ARKO's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ARKO is more favorable than Sportsman's Warehouse.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARKO	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Sportsman's Warehouse	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ARKO or SPWH?

78.3% of ARKO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Sportsman's Warehouse shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of ARKO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sportsman's Warehouse shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARKO or SPWH more profitable?

ARKO has a net margin of 0.18% compared to Sportsman's Warehouse's net margin of -3.01%. ARKO's return on equity of 5.50% beat Sportsman's Warehouse's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARKO	0.18%	5.50%	0.41%
Sportsman's Warehouse	-3.01%	-7.65%	-1.96%

Does the media refer more to ARKO or SPWH?

In the previous week, ARKO had 21 more articles in the media than Sportsman's Warehouse. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ARKO and 3 mentions for Sportsman's Warehouse. ARKO's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Sportsman's Warehouse's score of 0.48 indicating that ARKO is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARKO	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sportsman's Warehouse	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARKO or SPWH?

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than Sportsman's Warehouse. Sportsman's Warehouse is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARKO, 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
ARKO	$8.73B	0.06	$20.84M	$0.08	62.63
Sportsman's Warehouse	$1.20B	0.10	-$33.06M	-$0.96	-3.27

Summary

ARKO beats Sportsman's Warehouse on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.