BARK (BARK) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SFIX or BARK?

Stitch Fix received 642 more outperform votes than BARK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.60% of users gave Stitch Fix an outperform vote while only 36.17% of users gave BARK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stitch Fix	Outperform Votes 659 57.60%	Underperform Votes 485 42.40%
BARK	Outperform Votes 17 36.17%	Underperform Votes 30 63.83%

Does the media favor SFIX or BARK?

In the previous week, Stitch Fix had 14 more articles in the media than BARK. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Stitch Fix and 23 mentions for BARK. Stitch Fix's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat BARK's score of 0.34 indicating that Stitch Fix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stitch Fix	10 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BARK	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SFIX or BARK?

71.0% of Stitch Fix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of BARK shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.0% of Stitch Fix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.8% of BARK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SFIX or BARK?

BARK has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BARK, 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
Stitch Fix	$1.27B	0.42	-$128.84M	-$0.58	-7.19
BARK	$484.18M	0.30	-$37.01M	-$0.19	-4.58

Do analysts recommend SFIX or BARK?

Stitch Fix currently has a consensus price target of $5.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.89%. BARK has a consensus price target of $2.63, suggesting a potential upside of 201.72%. Given BARK's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BARK is more favorable than Stitch Fix.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stitch Fix	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
BARK	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is SFIX or BARK more profitable?

BARK has a net margin of -6.47% compared to Stitch Fix's net margin of -7.71%. BARK's return on equity of -15.34% beat Stitch Fix's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stitch Fix	-7.71%	-32.71%	-12.64%
BARK	-6.47%	-15.34%	-6.55%

Which has more volatility & risk, SFIX or BARK?

Stitch Fix has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BARK has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its share price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BARK beats Stitch Fix on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.