Signet Jewelers (SIG) Competitors

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

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%

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%

Does the media refer more to SIG or FIVE?

In the previous week, Five Below had 30 more articles in the media than Signet Jewelers. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Five Below and 4 mentions for Signet Jewelers. Signet Jewelers' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Five Below's score of 0.45 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Five Below	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, SIG or FIVE?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	0.49	$810.40M	$0.92	83.08
Five Below	$4.04B	1.66	$301.11M	$4.77	25.54

Do analysts prefer SIG or FIVE?

Signet Jewelers presently has a consensus target price of $84.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.78%. Five Below has a consensus target price of $112.40, indicating a potential downside of 7.73%. Given Signet Jewelers' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Summary

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