a.k.a. Brands (AKA) Competitors

Arko (NASDAQ:ARKO) and a.k.a. Brands (NYSE:AKA) are both small-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, community ranking and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARKO or AKA?

a.k.a. Brands received 6 more outperform votes than Arko when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 37.84% of users gave Arko an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave a.k.a. Brands an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Arko	Outperform Votes 14 37.84%	Underperform Votes 23 62.16%
a.k.a. Brands	Outperform Votes 20 28.57%	Underperform Votes 50 71.43%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARKO or AKA?

Arko has higher revenue and earnings than a.k.a. Brands. a.k.a. Brands is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arko, 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
Arko	$9.41B	0.09	$34.37M	$0.16	43.63
a.k.a. Brands	$546.26M	0.32	-$98.89M	-$2.89	-5.75

Which has more risk and volatility, ARKO or AKA?

Arko has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, a.k.a. Brands has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ARKO or AKA?

Arko presently has a consensus target price of $6.13, suggesting a potential downside of 12.25%. a.k.a. Brands has a consensus target price of $24.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.36%. Given a.k.a. Brands' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe a.k.a. Brands is more favorable than Arko.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Arko	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
a.k.a. Brands	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARKO or AKA?

78.3% of Arko shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of a.k.a. Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. 21.6% of Arko shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ARKO or AKA more profitable?

Arko has a net margin of 0.27% compared to a.k.a. Brands' net margin of -5.41%. Arko's return on equity of 8.88% beat a.k.a. Brands' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Arko	0.27%	8.88%	0.66%
a.k.a. Brands	-5.41%	-20.82%	-7.69%

Does the media refer more to ARKO or AKA?

In the previous week, a.k.a. Brands had 6 more articles in the media than Arko. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for a.k.a. Brands and 2 mentions for Arko. Arko's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat a.k.a. Brands' score of 0.53 indicating that Arko is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Arko	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
a.k.a. Brands	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Arko beats a.k.a. Brands on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.