Contrasting Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT) & Its Competitors

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

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brilliant Earth Group	$449.28 million	-$3.63 million	-4.71
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	$7.06 billion	$390.09 million	16.70

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.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations 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	3535	15255	21219	549	2.46

Brilliant Earth Group presently has a consensus price target of $1.74, indicating a potential upside of 27.29%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 10.10%. Given Brilliant Earth Group’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Brilliant Earth Group is more favorable than its peers.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Risk and Volatility

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	-3.51%	-30.14%	3.19%

Dividends

Brilliant Earth Group pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.3%. Brilliant Earth Group pays out -86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies pay a dividend yield of 2.0% and pay out 35.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Brilliant Earth Group is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Brilliant Earth Group peers beat Brilliant Earth Group on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

About Brilliant Earth Group

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.