Analyzing Americanas (OTCMKTS:BZWHF) & Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI)

Americanas (OTCMKTS:BZWHF) and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet (NASDAQ:OLLI) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Americanas and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Americanas	0	0	0	0	0.00
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet	0	4	13	0	2.76

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has a consensus price target of $109.47, suggesting a potential upside of 47.39%. Given Ollie’s Bargain Outlet’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ollie’s Bargain Outlet is more favorable than Americanas.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Americanas and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Americanas	N/A	N/A	N/A	($1.01)	-26.29
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet	$2.65 billion	1.69	$240.60 million	$4.05	18.34

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet has higher revenue and earnings than Americanas. Americanas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ollie’s Bargain Outlet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

23.0% of Americanas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ollie’s Bargain Outlet shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Americanas and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Americanas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ollie’s Bargain Outlet	9.13%	13.43%	8.56%

Summary

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet beats Americanas on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ollie’s Bargain Outlet

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the retail of closeouts, excess inventory, and salvage merchandise. It offers overstocks, package changes, manufacturer refurbished goods, and irregulars. The company’s products include housewares, food, books and stationery, bed and bath, floor coverings, electronics and toys. Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings was founded by Mark Butler, Mort Bernstein, Oliver Rosenberg and Harry Coverman on July 29, 1982, and is headquartered in Harrisburg, PA.