Head to Head Survey: RealReal (REAL) and Its Rivals

RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) is one of 142 public companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare RealReal to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for RealReal and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RealReal	1	2	6	0	2.56
RealReal Competitors	1405	5408	10885	310	2.56

RealReal currently has a consensus price target of $17.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.60%. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 14.76%. Given RealReal’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe RealReal is more favorable than its rivals.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

64.7% of RealReal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of RealReal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares RealReal and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RealReal	-1.42%	N/A	-5.09%
RealReal Competitors	-3.00%	-38.45%	-2.59%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares RealReal and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
RealReal	$692.84 million	-$41.80 million	-20.15
RealReal Competitors	$22.25 billion	$1.71 billion	15.06

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

Volatility & Risk

RealReal has a beta of 2.86, indicating that its share price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RealReal’s rivals have a beta of 1.72, indicating that their average share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

RealReal rivals beat RealReal on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About RealReal

The RealReal, Inc. operates an online marketplace for resale luxury goods in the United State. The company offers various product categories, including women's fashion, men's fashion, jewelry, and watches. It primarily sells products through online marketplace and retail stores. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.