Sally Beauty (SBH) Competitors

Sally Beauty (NYSE:SBH) and Titan Machinery (NASDAQ:TITN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SBH or TITN?

Sally Beauty received 157 more outperform votes than Titan Machinery when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.08% of users gave Sally Beauty an outperform vote while only 55.86% of users gave Titan Machinery an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sally Beauty	Outperform Votes 424 56.08%	Underperform Votes 332 43.92%
Titan Machinery	Outperform Votes 267 55.86%	Underperform Votes 211 44.14%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SBH or TITN?

81.3% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Sally Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.5% of Titan Machinery shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, SBH or TITN?

Sally Beauty has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Titan Machinery has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SBH or TITN more profitable?

Titan Machinery has a net margin of 4.80% compared to Sally Beauty's net margin of 4.19%. Sally Beauty's return on equity of 62.12% beat Titan Machinery's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sally Beauty	4.19%	62.12%	8.13%
Titan Machinery	4.80%	22.03%	9.89%

Does the media favor SBH or TITN?

In the previous week, Titan Machinery had 14 more articles in the media than Sally Beauty. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Titan Machinery and 4 mentions for Sally Beauty. Sally Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Titan Machinery's score of 0.41 indicating that Sally Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sally Beauty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Titan Machinery	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend SBH or TITN?

Sally Beauty currently has a consensus price target of $16.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.12%. Titan Machinery has a consensus price target of $42.33, suggesting a potential upside of 51.90%. Given Titan Machinery's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Titan Machinery is more favorable than Sally Beauty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sally Beauty	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.83
Titan Machinery	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SBH or TITN?

Sally Beauty has higher revenue and earnings than Titan Machinery. Titan Machinery is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sally Beauty, 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
Sally Beauty	$3.82 billion	0.34	$183.55 million	$1.46	8.17
Titan Machinery	$2.21 billion	0.29	$101.87 million	$4.91	5.68

Summary

Titan Machinery beats Sally Beauty on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.