Big Lots - BIG Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ZUMZ or BIG?

Zumiez presently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.77%. Big Lots has a consensus target price of $16.11, suggesting a potential upside of 45.28%. Given Big Lots' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Big Lots is more favorable than Zumiez.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Zumiez	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Big Lots	4 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ZUMZ or BIG?

Big Lots received 96 more outperform votes than Zumiez when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.84% of users gave Big Lots an outperform vote while only 48.52% of users gave Zumiez an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Zumiez	Outperform Votes 575 48.52%	Underperform Votes 610 51.48%
Big Lots	Outperform Votes 671 61.84%	Underperform Votes 414 38.16%

Which has more risk and volatility, ZUMZ or BIG?

Zumiez has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Big Lots has a beta of 2.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings and valuation, ZUMZ or BIG?

Zumiez has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Big Lots. Big Lots is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zumiez, 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
Zumiez	$958.38 million	0.38	$21.03 million	$1.09	17.02
Big Lots	$5.47 billion	0.06	-$210.71 million	-$7.29	-1.52

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in ZUMZ or BIG?

84.8% of Zumiez shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of Zumiez shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Big Lots shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ZUMZ or BIG?

In the previous week, Big Lots had 11 more articles in the media than Zumiez. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Big Lots and 4 mentions for Zumiez. Big Lots' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Zumiez's score of 0.39 indicating that Big Lots is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Zumiez	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Big Lots	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ZUMZ or BIG more profitable?

Zumiez has a net margin of 2.19% compared to Big Lots' net margin of -3.85%. Zumiez's return on equity of 5.45% beat Big Lots' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Zumiez	2.19%	5.45%	2.78%
Big Lots	-3.85%	-20.12%	-4.40%

Summary

Zumiez beats Big Lots on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.