GameStop (GME) Competitors

GameStop (NYSE:GME) and Boot Barn (NYSE:BOOT) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, community ranking, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GME or BOOT?

29.2% of GameStop shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.6% of GameStop shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Boot Barn shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, GME or BOOT?

Boot Barn has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GameStop. Boot Barn is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GameStop, 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
GameStop	$5.27B	0.60	$6.70M	$0.02	521.26
Boot Barn	$1.66B	1.82	$170.55M	$5.37	18.55

Does the media favor GME or BOOT?

In the previous week, GameStop and GameStop both had 11 articles in the media. Boot Barn's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat GameStop's score of 0.48 indicating that Boot Barn is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GameStop	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Boot Barn	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, GME or BOOT?

GameStop has a beta of -0.45, indicating that its stock price is 145% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boot Barn has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend GME or BOOT?

GameStop presently has a consensus price target of $5.60, indicating a potential downside of 46.26%. Boot Barn has a consensus price target of $105.56, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Given Boot Barn's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Boot Barn is more favorable than GameStop.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GameStop	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00
Boot Barn	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GME or BOOT?

GameStop received 821 more outperform votes than Boot Barn when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.89% of users gave GameStop an outperform vote while only 62.68% of users gave Boot Barn an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GameStop	Outperform Votes 1330 73.89%	Underperform Votes 470 26.11%
Boot Barn	Outperform Votes 509 62.68%	Underperform Votes 303 37.32%

Is GME or BOOT more profitable?

Boot Barn has a net margin of 9.62% compared to GameStop's net margin of 0.13%. Boot Barn's return on equity of 19.52% beat GameStop's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GameStop	0.13%	1.35%	0.59%
Boot Barn	9.62%	19.52%	10.43%

Summary

Boot Barn beats GameStop on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.