BBWI vs. PAG, TXRH, WING, PFGC, FBIN, KMX, TPR, LEVI, BURL, and TPX
Should you be buying Bath & Body Works stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bath & Body Works include Penske Automotive Group (PAG), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), Wingstop (WING), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), CarMax (KMX), Tapestry (TPR), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), Burlington Stores (BURL), and Tempur Sealy International (TPX). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) and Penske Automotive Group (NYSE:PAG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Bath & Body Works had 3 more articles in the media than Penske Automotive Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Bath & Body Works and 4 mentions for Penske Automotive Group. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Penske Automotive Group's score of -0.55 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Penske Automotive Group has higher revenue and earnings than Bath & Body Works. Penske Automotive Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bath & Body Works, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.1% of Penske Automotive Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of Penske Automotive Group 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.
Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 11.82% compared to Penske Automotive Group's net margin of 3.57%. Penske Automotive Group's return on equity of 24.19% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.
Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Penske Automotive Group has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Bath & Body Works presently has a consensus target price of $46.73, suggesting a potential upside of 2.49%. Penske Automotive Group has a consensus target price of $163.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.35%. Given Penske Automotive Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Penske Automotive Group is more favorable than Bath & Body Works.
Bath & Body Works pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Penske Automotive Group pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Bath & Body Works pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Penske Automotive Group pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Penske Automotive Group received 287 more outperform votes than Bath & Body Works when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.45% of users gave Penske Automotive Group an outperform vote while only 37.50% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote.
Summary
Bath & Body Works beats Penske Automotive Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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