Warby Parker (WRBY) Competitors

Stevanato Group (NYSE:STVN) and Warby Parker (NYSE:WRBY) are both mid-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.

Do analysts recommend STVN or WRBY?

Warby Parker has a consensus price target of $22.56, suggesting a potential upside of 13.72%. Given Warby Parker's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Warby Parker is more favorable than Stevanato Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Stevanato Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
Warby Parker	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Is STVN or WRBY more profitable?

Stevanato Group has a net margin of 10.47% compared to Warby Parker's net margin of -4.39%. Stevanato Group's return on equity of 9.86% beat Warby Parker's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Stevanato Group	10.47%	9.86%	5.79%
Warby Parker	-4.39%	-8.26%	-4.37%

Does the media prefer STVN or WRBY?

In the previous week, Warby Parker had 29 more articles in the media than Stevanato Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Warby Parker and 5 mentions for Stevanato Group. Stevanato Group's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Warby Parker's score of 0.94 indicating that Stevanato Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Stevanato Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Warby Parker	17 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, STVN or WRBY?

Stevanato Group has higher revenue and earnings than Warby Parker. Warby Parker is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stevanato Group, 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
Stevanato Group	$1.12B	5.99	$157.62M	$0.51	43.61
Warby Parker	$795.09M	2.61	-$63.20M	-$0.12	-165.33

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of STVN or WRBY?

93.2% of Warby Parker shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Stevanato Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 26.5% of Warby Parker shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor STVN or WRBY?

Warby Parker received 23 more outperform votes than Stevanato Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.27% of users gave Stevanato Group an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Warby Parker an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Stevanato Group	Outperform Votes 31 63.27%	Underperform Votes 18 36.73%
Warby Parker	Outperform Votes 54 46.15%	Underperform Votes 63 53.85%

Which has more risk & volatility, STVN or WRBY?

Stevanato Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Warby Parker has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Stevanato Group beats Warby Parker on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.