SKLZ vs. WW, SCX, BSET, PNST, BRAG, DLTH, SGA, AENT, GMGI, and AOUT
Should you be buying Skillz stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skillz include WW International (WW), L.S. Starrett (SCX), Bassett Furniture Industries (BSET), Pinstripes (PNST), Bragg Gaming Group (BRAG), Duluth (DLTH), Saga Communications (SGA), Alliance Entertainment (AENT), Golden Matrix Group (GMGI), and American Outdoor Brands (AOUT). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.
Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) and WW International (NASDAQ:WW) are both small-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, community ranking and institutional ownership.
19.4% of Skillz shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.2% of WW International shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of Skillz shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of WW International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Skillz has a beta of 2.83, indicating that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, WW International has a beta of 1.77, indicating that its share price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, WW International had 8 more articles in the media than Skillz. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for WW International and 0 mentions for Skillz. WW International's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Skillz's score of 0.00 indicating that WW International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
WW International received 442 more outperform votes than Skillz when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.77% of users gave WW International an outperform vote while only 54.69% of users gave Skillz an outperform vote.
Skillz currently has a consensus target price of $11.50, suggesting a potential upside of 84.59%. WW International has a consensus target price of $9.14, suggesting a potential upside of 431.56%. Given WW International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe WW International is more favorable than Skillz.
WW International has a net margin of -12.62% compared to Skillz's net margin of -74.59%. WW International's return on equity of 0.00% beat Skillz's return on equity.
Skillz has higher earnings, but lower revenue than WW International. Skillz is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than WW International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
WW International beats Skillz on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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