Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) and Five Below (NASDAQ:FIVE) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Do analysts recommend SIG or FIVE?

Signet Jewelers currently has a consensus price target of $84.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.97%. Five Below has a consensus price target of $112.40, suggesting a potential downside of 10.63%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Signet Jewelers is more favorable than Five Below.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Signet Jewelers	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Five Below	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Is SIG or FIVE more profitable?

Signet Jewelers has a net margin of 8.57% compared to Five Below's net margin of 7.02%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 28.69% beat Five Below's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Signet Jewelers	8.57%	28.69%	9.42%
Five Below	7.02%	18.03%	7.20%

Which has more risk & volatility, SIG or FIVE?

Signet Jewelers has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Five Below has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in SIG or FIVE?

Five Below received 156 more outperform votes than Signet Jewelers when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.74% of users gave Signet Jewelers an outperform vote while only 66.88% of users gave Five Below an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Signet Jewelers	Outperform Votes 795 69.74%	Underperform Votes 345 30.26%
Five Below	Outperform Votes 951 66.88%	Underperform Votes 471 33.12%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, SIG or FIVE?

Signet Jewelers has higher revenue and earnings than Five Below. Five Below is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Signet Jewelers, 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
Signet Jewelers	$6.73B	0.51	$810.40M	$0.92	87.67
Five Below	$3.88B	1.79	$301.11M	$4.77	26.37

Does the media favor SIG or FIVE?

In the previous week, Five Below had 65 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for Five Below and 17 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Five Below's score of 0.47 indicating that Signet Jewelers is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Signet Jewelers	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Five Below	27 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Signet Jewelers beats Five Below on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.