Virco Mfg. (VIRC) Competitors

Virco Mfg. (NASDAQ:VIRC) and SP Plus (NASDAQ:SP) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VIRC or SP?

SP Plus received 121 more outperform votes than Virco Mfg. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.62% of users gave SP Plus an outperform vote while only 55.51% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Virco Mfg.	Outperform Votes 151 55.51%	Underperform Votes 121 44.49%
SP Plus	Outperform Votes 272 58.62%	Underperform Votes 192 41.38%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VIRC or SP?

SP Plus has higher revenue and earnings than Virco Mfg.. Virco Mfg. is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SP Plus, 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
Virco Mfg.	$269.12M	1.02	$21.91M	$1.56	10.86
SP Plus	$1.81B	0.59	$31.10M	$1.52	35.52

Is VIRC or SP more profitable?

Virco Mfg. has a net margin of 9.07% compared to SP Plus' net margin of 1.68%. Virco Mfg.'s return on equity of 28.41% beat SP Plus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virco Mfg.	9.07%	28.41%	15.44%
SP Plus	1.68%	21.93%	4.78%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VIRC or SP?

31.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.0% of SP Plus shares are held by institutional investors. 17.5% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of SP Plus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, VIRC or SP?

Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SP Plus has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate VIRC or SP?

Virco Mfg. currently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.16%. SP Plus has a consensus price target of $52.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. Given Virco Mfg.'s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Virco Mfg. is more favorable than SP Plus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virco Mfg.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
SP Plus	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer VIRC or SP?

In the previous week, SP Plus had 5 more articles in the media than Virco Mfg.. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for SP Plus and 8 mentions for Virco Mfg.. Virco Mfg.'s average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat SP Plus' score of 0.32 indicating that Virco Mfg. is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Virco Mfg.	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SP Plus	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Virco Mfg. beats SP Plus on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.