Reviewing Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT) and Its Peers

Brilliant Earth Group (NASDAQ:BRLT) is one of 285 publicly-traded companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Brilliant Earth Group to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Brilliant Earth Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brilliant Earth Group	1	7	0	0	1.88
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	3526	15191	21154	548	2.46

Brilliant Earth Group presently has a consensus price target of $1.74, suggesting a potential upside of 42.42%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 12.30%. Given Brilliant Earth Group’s higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Brilliant Earth Group is more favorable than its peers.

Volatility and Risk

Brilliant Earth Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brilliant Earth Group’s peers have a beta of 1.78, indicating that their average stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Brilliant Earth Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brilliant Earth Group	-0.66%	-15.48%	-5.99%
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	-2.02%	-28.75%	3.24%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.4% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 83.2% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 21.0% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Brilliant Earth Group and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brilliant Earth Group	$437.48 million	-$3.63 million	-4.21
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	$7.04 billion	$390.09 million	14.55

Brilliant Earth Group’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Brilliant Earth Group. Brilliant Earth Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Brilliant Earth Group peers beat Brilliant Earth Group on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Brilliant Earth Group Company Profile

Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. designs, procures, and sells diamonds, gemstones, and jewelry in the United States and internationally. The company’s product assortment and merchandise include a collection of diamond engagement rings, wedding and anniversary rings, gemstone rings, and fine jewelry. It sells directly to consumers through its omnichannel sales platform, including e-commerce and showrooms. Brilliant Earth Group, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.