Virco Mfg. (VIRC) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in VIRC or VNCE?

19.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Vince shares are held by institutional investors. 20.0% of Virco Mfg. shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Vince shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, VIRC or VNCE?

Virco Mfg. has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vince has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, VIRC or VNCE?

Virco Mfg. has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vince. Vince is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Virco Mfg., 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.	$231.06 million	0.26	$16.55 million	$1.01	3.67
Vince	$357.44 million	0.16	-$38.35 million	-$3.15	-1.51

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VIRC or VNCE?

Vince received 112 more outperform votes than Virco Mfg. when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 54.96% of users gave Virco Mfg. an outperform vote while only 51.93% of users gave Vince an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Virco Mfg.	Outperform Votes 144 54.96%	Underperform Votes 118 45.04%
Vince	Outperform Votes 256 51.93%	Underperform Votes 237 48.07%

Do analysts recommend VIRC or VNCE?

Virco Mfg. currently has a consensus target price of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 115.63%. Given Virco Mfg.'s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Virco Mfg. is more favorable than Vince.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Virco Mfg.	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
Vince	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Is VIRC or VNCE more profitable?

Virco Mfg. has a net margin of 7.16% compared to Vince's net margin of -10.73%. Virco Mfg.'s return on equity of 29.11% beat Vince's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Virco Mfg.	7.16%	29.11%	11.05%
Vince	-10.73%	-102.39%	-10.29%

Does the media prefer VIRC or VNCE?

In the previous week, Virco Mfg. had 3 more articles in the media than Vince. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Virco Mfg. and 2 mentions for Vince. Virco Mfg.'s average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Vince's score of 0.00 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.	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Vince	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Virco Mfg. beats Vince on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.