DBI vs. GCO, SCVL, WOOF, HVT, TITN, CHUY, BIGC, TAST, BH, and CURV
Should you be buying Designer Brands stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Designer Brands include Genesco (GCO), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT), Titan Machinery (TITN), Chuy's (CHUY), BigCommerce (BIGC), Carrols Restaurant Group (TAST), Biglari (BH), and Torrid (CURV). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Designer Brands (NYSE:DBI) and Genesco (NYSE:GCO) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Designer Brands' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Genesco'saverage media sentiment score.
Designer Brands has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Genesco has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its share price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500.
88.8% of Designer Brands shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.5% of Genesco shares are held by institutional investors. 41.7% of Designer Brands shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of Genesco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Designer Brands presently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 4.76%. Genesco has a consensus target price of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.76%. Given Genesco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Genesco is more favorable than Designer Brands.
Designer Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Genesco. Genesco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Designer Brands, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Designer Brands received 219 more outperform votes than Genesco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.80% of users gave Designer Brands an outperform vote while only 57.12% of users gave Genesco an outperform vote.
Designer Brands has a net margin of 0.95% compared to Genesco's net margin of -0.72%. Designer Brands' return on equity of 10.49% beat Genesco's return on equity.
Summary
Designer Brands beats Genesco on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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