Contrasting Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) & HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (OTCMKTS:HBBHF)

Bath & Body Works (NYSE:BBWI) and HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA (OTCMKTS:HBBHF) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and risk.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Bath & Body Works and HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bath & Body Works	$7.29 billion	0.55	$649.00 million	$3.56	5.59
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Bath & Body Works has higher revenue and earnings than HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Bath & Body Works and HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bath & Body Works	1	13	4	0	2.17
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA	0	0	0	0	0.00

Bath & Body Works currently has a consensus price target of $22.57, indicating a potential upside of 13.34%. Given Bath & Body Works’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Bath & Body Works is more favorable than HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

95.1% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Bath & Body Works shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Bath & Body Works and HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bath & Body Works	10.03%	-45.34%	12.69%
HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Bath & Body Works beats HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA on 8 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works, Inc. is a specialty retailers and home to America’s Favorite Fragrances, offering a breadth of exclusive fragrances for the body and home, including the selling collections for fine fragrance mist, body lotion and body cream, 3-wick candles, home fragrance diffusers and liquid hand soap. The company was founded by Leslie Herbert Wexner in 1963 and is headquartered in Columbus, OH.

About HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA

HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA, through its subsidiaries, develops and operates do-it-yourself (DIY) megastores with garden centers in Germany and other European countries. Its stationary stores offer hardware/electrical, paint/wallpaper/flooring, construction materials/timber/prefabricated components, sanitary/tiles, and garden hardware/plants. The company also provides a range of construction materials and tools stocked and supply services, as well as professional advice for various product ranges and lines of trade, including shell construction and roofing; interior fittings and facades; and civil engineering, and garden and landscape construction materials for construction, conversion, or refurbishment projects. In addition, it develops and rents retail real estate properties. It also operates HORNBACH online stores. The company was founded in 1877 and is based in Bornheim, Germany.