Zumiez (ZUMZ) Competitors

Zumiez (NASDAQ:ZUMZ) and Guess? (NYSE:GES) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Is ZUMZ or GES more profitable?

Guess? has a net margin of 3.19% compared to Zumiez's net margin of -5.60%. Guess?'s return on equity of 23.29% beat Zumiez's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zumiez	-5.60%	-2.67%	-1.34%
Guess?	3.19%	23.29%	5.05%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ZUMZ or GES?

Guess? has higher revenue and earnings than Zumiez. Guess? is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zumiez, 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
Zumiez	$896.16M	0.27	-$62.61M	$0.01	1,246.50
Guess?	$3.05B	0.21	$198.20M	-$0.24	-51.54

Do analysts prefer ZUMZ or GES?

Zumiez presently has a consensus price target of $25.00, indicating a potential upside of 100.56%. Guess? has a consensus price target of $12.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.06%. Given Zumiez's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Zumiez is more favorable than Guess?.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Guess?	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ZUMZ or GES?

Zumiez received 97 more outperform votes than Guess? when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.53% of users gave Guess? an outperform vote while only 47.84% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 47.84%	Underperform Votes 627 52.16%
Guess?	Outperform Votes 478 53.53%	Underperform Votes 415 46.47%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZUMZ or GES?

95.4% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.7% of Guess? shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.2% of Zumiez shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 33.7% of Guess? shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media refer more to ZUMZ or GES?

In the previous week, Zumiez had 7 more articles in the media than Guess?. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Zumiez and 30 mentions for Guess?. Zumiez's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Guess?'s score of 0.31 indicating that Zumiez is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zumiez	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Guess?	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, ZUMZ or GES?

Zumiez has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Guess? has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Guess? beats Zumiez on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.