AKA vs. ZKH, BYON, ARKO, SGU, LE, HVT.A, BNED, TTSH, CURV, and QVCGB
Should you be buying a.k.a. Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of a.k.a. Brands include ZKH Group (ZKH), Beyond (BYON), ARKO (ARKO), Star Group (SGU), Lands' End (LE), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A), Barnes & Noble Education (BNED), Tile Shop Hldgs (TTSH), Torrid (CURV), and QVC Group (QVCGB). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
a.k.a. Brands vs. Its Competitors
a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) and ZKH Group (NYSE:ZKH) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
a.k.a. Brands has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ZKH Group. ZKH Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than a.k.a. Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
a.k.a. Brands presently has a consensus price target of $20.00, suggesting a potential upside of 81.65%. ZKH Group has a consensus price target of $4.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.00%. Given a.k.a. Brands' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe a.k.a. Brands is more favorable than ZKH Group.
55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.5% of ZKH Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.6% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ZKH Group has a beta of 0.37, meaning that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, a.k.a. Brands had 7 more articles in the media than ZKH Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for a.k.a. Brands and 3 mentions for ZKH Group. a.k.a. Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat ZKH Group's score of 0.10 indicating that a.k.a. Brands is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ZKH Group has a net margin of -2.77% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -4.48%. ZKH Group's return on equity of -7.86% beat a.k.a. Brands' return on equity.
Summary
a.k.a. Brands beats ZKH Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:AKA) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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