DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) Vs. TSCO, ULTA, FIVE, SIG, SBH, ODP, HZO, HIBB, WINA, and BGFV
Should you be buying DICK'S Sporting Goods stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of DICK'S Sporting Goods include Tractor Supply (TSCO), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Five Below (FIVE), Signet Jewelers (SIG), Sally Beauty (SBH), ODP (ODP), MarineMax (HZO), Hibbett Sports (HIBB), Winmark (WINA), and Big 5 Sporting Goods (BGFV). These companies are all part of the "specialty stores" industry.
DICK'S Sporting Goods vs.
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a net margin of 11.55% compared to Ulta Beauty's net margin of 9.50%. DICK'S Sporting Goods' return on equity of 54.06% beat Ulta Beauty's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 49 more articles in the media than DICK'S Sporting Goods. MarketBeat recorded 68 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 19 mentions for DICK'S Sporting Goods. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat DICK'S Sporting Goods' score of 0.67 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
DICK'S Sporting Goods received 207 more outperform votes than Ulta Beauty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.56% of users gave DICK'S Sporting Goods an outperform vote while only 73.05% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote.
DICK'S Sporting Goods currently has a consensus target price of $126.53, suggesting a potential upside of 14.12%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus target price of $435.91, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Given Ulta Beauty's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ulta Beauty is more favorable than DICK'S Sporting Goods.
89.5% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.9% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.1% of DICK'S Sporting Goods shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
DICK'S Sporting Goods has higher revenue and earnings than Ulta Beauty. DICK'S Sporting Goods is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ulta Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
DICK'S Sporting Goods beats Ulta Beauty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding DKS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) vs. Its Competitors
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