BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) Competitors

Ralph Lauren (NYSE:RL) and BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Is RL or BJ more profitable?

Ralph Lauren has a net margin of 8.90% compared to Ralph Lauren's net margin of 2.64%. Ralph Lauren's return on equity of 40.84% beat BJ's Wholesale Club's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ralph Lauren	8.90%	25.88%	9.27%
BJ's Wholesale Club	2.64%	40.84%	7.94%

Does the media favor RL or BJ?

In the previous week, BJ's Wholesale Club had 27 more articles in the media than Ralph Lauren. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club and 5 mentions for Ralph Lauren. BJ's Wholesale Club's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Ralph Lauren's score of 0.48 indicating that Ralph Lauren is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ralph Lauren	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Wholesale Club	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate RL or BJ?

Ralph Lauren presently has a consensus price target of $155.64, indicating a potential downside of 1.16%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus price target of $74.40, indicating a potential upside of 2.14%. Given Ralph Lauren's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BJ's Wholesale Club is more favorable than Ralph Lauren.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ralph Lauren	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
BJ's Wholesale Club	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21

Which has more volatility & risk, RL or BJ?

Ralph Lauren has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RL or BJ?

Ralph Lauren received 551 more outperform votes than BJ's Wholesale Club when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.90% of users gave Ralph Lauren an outperform vote while only 53.73% of users gave BJ's Wholesale Club an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ralph Lauren	Outperform Votes 767 61.90%	Underperform Votes 472 38.10%
BJ's Wholesale Club	Outperform Votes 216 53.73%	Underperform Votes 186 46.27%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, RL or BJ?

BJ's Wholesale Club has higher revenue and earnings than Ralph Lauren. Ralph Lauren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BJ's Wholesale Club, 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
Ralph Lauren	$6.44B	1.58	$522.70M	$8.82	18.04
BJ's Wholesale Club	$19.97B	0.48	$523.74M	$3.87	18.76

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RL or BJ?

67.9% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. 39.1% of Ralph Lauren shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ralph Lauren beats BJ's Wholesale Club on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.