Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) and Academy Sports and Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SIG or ASO?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Signet Jewelers. Academy Sports and Outdoors 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	$6.78B	0.55	$61.20M	$2.98	30.64
Academy Sports and Outdoors	$5.93B	0.52	$418.45M	$5.34	8.70

Do analysts rate SIG or ASO?

Signet Jewelers presently has a consensus target price of $97.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.00%. Academy Sports and Outdoors has a consensus target price of $58.78, indicating a potential upside of 26.49%. Given Academy Sports and Outdoors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Academy Sports and Outdoors is more favorable than Signet Jewelers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Signet Jewelers	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Academy Sports and Outdoors	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SIG or ASO more profitable?

Academy Sports and Outdoors has a net margin of 6.21% compared to Signet Jewelers' net margin of 1.95%. Signet Jewelers' return on equity of 23.42% beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Signet Jewelers	1.95%	23.42%	7.55%
Academy Sports and Outdoors	6.21%	18.47%	7.21%

Does the media refer more to SIG or ASO?

In the previous week, Academy Sports and Outdoors had 20 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Academy Sports and Outdoors and 16 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Academy Sports and Outdoors' score of 0.61 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Academy Sports and Outdoors	11 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SIG or ASO a better dividend stock?

Signet Jewelers pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Signet Jewelers pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Academy Sports and Outdoors pays out 9.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Signet Jewelers has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Academy Sports and Outdoors has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Signet Jewelers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, SIG or ASO?

Signet Jewelers has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Academy Sports and Outdoors has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Academy Sports and Outdoors beats Signet Jewelers on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.