Bath & Body Works (BBWI) Competitors

Burlington Stores (NYSE:BURL) and Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BURL or BBWI?

95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Burlington Stores shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned 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.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, BURL or BBWI?

Bath & Body Works has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Burlington Stores. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burlington Stores, 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
Burlington Stores	$10.24B	1.65	$339.65M	$5.97	44.27
Bath & Body Works	$7.38B	0.90	$878M	$3.88	7.71

Does the media prefer BURL or BBWI?

In the previous week, Burlington Stores had 2 more articles in the media than Bath & Body Works. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Burlington Stores and 9 mentions for Bath & Body Works. Burlington Stores' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Bath & Body Works' score of 0.42 indicating that Burlington Stores is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burlington Stores	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bath & Body Works	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BURL or BBWI?

Burlington Stores received 719 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.35% of users gave Burlington Stores an outperform vote while only 39.89% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burlington Stores	Outperform Votes 792 71.35%	Underperform Votes 318 28.65%
Bath & Body Works	Outperform Votes 73 39.89%	Underperform Votes 110 60.11%

Is BURL or BBWI more profitable?

Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 12.69% compared to Burlington Stores' net margin of 4.18%. Burlington Stores' return on equity of 47.43% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burlington Stores	4.18%	47.43%	6.10%
Bath & Body Works	12.69%	-41.94%	14.35%

Do analysts prefer BURL or BBWI?

Burlington Stores presently has a consensus price target of $294.94, indicating a potential upside of 11.60%. Bath & Body Works has a consensus price target of $42.35, indicating a potential upside of 41.55%. Given Bath & Body Works' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than Burlington Stores.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burlington Stores	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Bath & Body Works	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has more risk and volatility, BURL or BBWI?

Burlington Stores has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Burlington Stores beats Bath & Body Works on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.