Victoria's Secret & Co. (VSCO) Competitors

Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) and Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE:VSCO) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, BBWI or VSCO?

Bath & Body Works has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Victoria's Secret & Co. has a beta of 2.26, suggesting that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BBWI or VSCO more profitable?

Bath & Body Works has a net margin of 12.43% compared to Victoria's Secret & Co.'s net margin of 2.47%. Victoria's Secret & Co.'s return on equity of 44.74% beat Bath & Body Works' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bath & Body Works	12.43%	-44.03%	14.45%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	2.47%	44.74%	4.42%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BBWI or VSCO?

Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than Victoria's Secret & Co.. Bath & Body Works is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Victoria's Secret & Co., 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
Bath & Body Works	$7.35B	0.77	$878M	$3.75	7.11
Victoria's Secret & Co.	$6.23B	0.28	$109M	$1.97	11.07

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BBWI or VSCO?

95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Victoria's Secret & Co. shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend BBWI or VSCO?

Bath & Body Works presently has a consensus target price of $42.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.57%. Victoria's Secret & Co. has a consensus target price of $26.09, indicating a potential upside of 19.66%. Given Bath & Body Works' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than Victoria's Secret & Co..

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bath & Body Works	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Victoria's Secret & Co.	3 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BBWI or VSCO?

Bath & Body Works received 70 more outperform votes than Victoria's Secret & Co. when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 44.10% of users gave Bath & Body Works an outperform vote while only 18.56% of users gave Victoria's Secret & Co. an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bath & Body Works	Outperform Votes 101 44.10%	Underperform Votes 128 55.90%
Victoria's Secret & Co.	Outperform Votes 31 18.56%	Underperform Votes 136 81.44%

Does the media prefer BBWI or VSCO?

In the previous week, Victoria's Secret & Co. had 29 more articles in the media than Bath & Body Works. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Victoria's Secret & Co. and 6 mentions for Bath & Body Works. Bath & Body Works' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Victoria's Secret & Co.'s score of 0.13 indicating that Bath & Body Works is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bath & Body Works	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Victoria's Secret & Co.	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats Victoria's Secret & Co. on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.