Financial Analysis: Savers Value Village (SVV) and Its Competitors

Savers Value Village (NYSE:SVV) is one of 142 publicly-traded companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Savers Value Village to similar companies based on the strength of its earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Savers Value Village and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Savers Value Village	1	4	4	0	2.33
Savers Value Village Competitors	1408	5413	10898	311	2.56

Savers Value Village currently has a consensus price target of $13.29, indicating a potential upside of 24.98%. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 19.07%. Given Savers Value Village’s higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Savers Value Village is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Savers Value Village and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Savers Value Village	$1.68 billion	$22.64 million	26.57
Savers Value Village Competitors	$22.26 billion	$1.71 billion	15.19

Savers Value Village’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Savers Value Village. Savers Value Village is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

98.8% of Savers Value Village shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.5% of Savers Value Village shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Broadline 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.

Profitability

This table compares Savers Value Village and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Savers Value Village	1.42%	14.58%	3.12%
Savers Value Village Competitors	-2.87%	-29.30%	-2.12%

Risk and Volatility

Savers Value Village has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Savers Value Village’s competitors have a beta of 1.74, suggesting that their average share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Savers Value Village competitors beat Savers Value Village on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Savers Value Village Company Profile

Savers Value Village, Inc. sells second-hand merchandise in retail stores in the United States, Canada, and Australia. It operates stores under the Savers, Value Village, Value Village Boutique, Village des Valeurs, Unique, and 2nd Avenue brands. The company purchases secondhand textiles, including clothing, bedding, and bath items; shoes; accessories; housewares; books; and other goods from non-profit partners and then processes, selects, prices, merchandises, and sells them in its stores. It serves retail and wholesale customers. The company was formerly known as S-Evergreen Holding LLC and changed its name to Savers Value Village, Inc. in January 2022. Savers Value Village, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.