Winmark (WINA) Competitors

Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) and Winmark (NASDAQ:WINA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.

Is SIG or WINA a better dividend stock?

Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Winmark pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Signet Jewelers pays out 139.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Winmark pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Signet Jewelers has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Winmark has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Is SIG or WINA more profitable?

Winmark has a net margin of 49.45% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 0.63%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 22.41% beat Winmark's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Signet Jewelers	0.63%	22.41%	7.32%
Winmark	49.45%	-95.03%	102.38%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SIG or WINA?

73.3% of Winmark shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Signet Jewelers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Winmark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, SIG or WINA?

Signet Jewelers has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Winmark has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SIG or WINA?

Signet Jewelers has higher revenue and earnings than Winmark. Winmark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Signet Jewelers, 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
Signet Jewelers	$6.70B	0.51	$61.20M	$0.92	90.57
Winmark	$81.29M	16.76	$39.95M	$11.19	34.48

Does the media prefer SIG or WINA?

In the previous week, Signet Jewelers and Signet Jewelers both had 8 articles in the media. Winmark's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Signet Jewelers' score of 0.39 indicating that Winmark is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Signet Jewelers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Winmark	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer SIG or WINA?

Signet Jewelers currently has a consensus price target of $87.14, indicating a potential upside of 4.58%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Winmark.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Winmark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Signet Jewelers and Winmark tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.