Aritzia (ATZ) Competitors

Aritzia (TSE:ATZ) and Roots (TSE:ROOT) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Which has more volatility and risk, ATZ or ROOT?

Aritzia has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roots has a beta of 2.42, indicating that its share price is 142% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ATZ or ROOT?

Aritzia has higher revenue and earnings than Roots. Roots is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aritzia, 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
Aritzia	C$2.67B	2.84	C$140.00M	C$1.14	55.79
Roots	C$261.62M	0.51	C$2.89M	C$0.07	46.12

Is ATZ or ROOT more profitable?

Aritzia has a net margin of 5.24% compared to Roots' net margin of 1.11%. Aritzia's return on equity of 15.24% beat Roots' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aritzia	5.24%	15.24%	5.67%
Roots	1.11%	1.58%	2.29%

Do analysts recommend ATZ or ROOT?

Aritzia presently has a consensus target price of C$64.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.59%. Given Aritzia's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Aritzia is more favorable than Roots.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aritzia	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Roots	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATZ or ROOT?

Aritzia received 162 more outperform votes than Roots when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.23% of users gave Aritzia an outperform vote while only 59.37% of users gave Roots an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aritzia	Outperform Votes 349 65.23%	Underperform Votes 186 34.77%
Roots	Outperform Votes 187 59.37%	Underperform Votes 128 40.63%

Does the media refer more to ATZ or ROOT?

In the previous week, Aritzia had 3 more articles in the media than Roots. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Aritzia and 0 mentions for Roots. Roots' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Aritzia's score of -0.11 indicating that Roots is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Aritzia	Neutral
Roots	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders believe in ATZ or ROOT?

51.3% of Aritzia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.0% of Roots shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Aritzia shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Roots shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Aritzia beats Roots on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.