BARK (BARK) Competitors

BARK (NYSE:BARK) and ARKO (NASDAQ:ARKO) are both small-cap retail companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is BARK or ARKO more profitable?

ARKO has a net margin of 0.18% compared to BARK's net margin of -6.34%. ARKO's return on equity of 5.50% beat BARK's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BARK	-6.34%	-15.32%	-5.91%
ARKO	0.18%	5.50%	0.41%

Which has more risk & volatility, BARK or ARKO?

BARK has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARKO has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BARK or ARKO?

BARK currently has a consensus target price of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 197.28%. ARKO has a consensus target price of $7.13, suggesting a potential upside of 46.00%. Given BARK's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BARK is more favorable than ARKO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BARK	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
ARKO	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BARK or ARKO?

ARKO has higher revenue and earnings than BARK. BARK 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
BARK	$484.18M	0.31	-$32.88M	-$0.17	-5.19
ARKO	$8.73B	0.06	$20.84M	$0.08	61.00

Does the media refer more to BARK or ARKO?

In the previous week, BARK had 3 more articles in the media than ARKO. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for BARK and 4 mentions for ARKO. ARKO's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat BARK's score of 0.51 indicating that ARKO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BARK	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ARKO	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BARK or ARKO?

28.8% of BARK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of ARKO shares are held by institutional investors. 14.8% of BARK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 22.5% of ARKO shares are held by 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.

Summary

ARKO beats BARK on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.