VRA vs. DIBS, CTRN, DXLG, BARK, STKS, DTC, BRLT, DDL, LOCO, and WILC
Should you be buying Vera Bradley stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vera Bradley include 1stdibs.Com (DIBS), Citi Trends (CTRN), Destination XL Group (DXLG), BARK (BARK), ONE Group Hospitality (STKS), Solo Brands (DTC), Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), El Pollo Loco (LOCO), and G. Willi-Food International (WILC). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Vera Bradley (NASDAQ:VRA) and 1stdibs.Com (NASDAQ:DIBS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
Vera Bradley has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1stdibs.Com has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Vera Bradley has higher revenue and earnings than 1stdibs.Com. 1stdibs.Com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vera Bradley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vera Bradley has a net margin of 1.66% compared to 1stdibs.Com's net margin of -26.80%. Vera Bradley's return on equity of 6.69% beat 1stdibs.Com's return on equity.
59.9% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.0% of 1stdibs.Com shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.8% of Vera Bradley shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.6% of 1stdibs.Com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Vera Bradley received 344 more outperform votes than 1stdibs.Com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.63% of users gave Vera Bradley an outperform vote while only 34.29% of users gave 1stdibs.Com an outperform vote.
Vera Bradley currently has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.70%. 1stdibs.Com has a consensus target price of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.00%. Given Vera Bradley's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Vera Bradley is more favorable than 1stdibs.Com.
In the previous week, Vera Bradley had 1 more articles in the media than 1stdibs.Com. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Vera Bradley and 1 mentions for 1stdibs.Com. 1stdibs.Com's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Vera Bradley's score of -0.42 indicating that 1stdibs.Com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Vera Bradley beats 1stdibs.Com on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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