AAN vs. APEI, LANV, CLAR, LCUT, ESCA, TSQ, JAKK, FLXS, DOYU, and RCKY
Should you be buying Aaron's stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Aaron's include American Public Education (APEI), Lanvin Group (LANV), Clarus (CLAR), Lifetime Brands (LCUT), Escalade (ESCA), Townsquare Media (TSQ), JAKKS Pacific (JAKK), Flexsteel Industries (FLXS), DouYu International (DOYU), and Rocky Brands (RCKY). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Aaron's (NYSE:AAN) and American Public Education (NASDAQ:APEI) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
Aaron's has a net margin of 0.13% compared to American Public Education's net margin of -7.87%. Aaron's' return on equity of 3.59% beat American Public Education's return on equity.
Aaron's has higher revenue and earnings than American Public Education. American Public Education is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aaron's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Aaron's has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Public Education has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Aaron's currently has a consensus target price of $11.67, suggesting a potential upside of 64.90%. American Public Education has a consensus target price of $15.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.63%. Given Aaron's' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Aaron's is more favorable than American Public Education.
92.0% of Aaron's shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.6% of American Public Education shares are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Aaron's shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.4% of American Public Education shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, American Public Education had 3 more articles in the media than Aaron's. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for American Public Education and 0 mentions for Aaron's. American Public Education's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Aaron's' score of 0.00 indicating that American Public Education is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Aaron's received 204 more outperform votes than American Public Education when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.58% of users gave Aaron's an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave American Public Education an outperform vote.
Summary
Aaron's beats American Public Education on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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