Contrasting Brilliant Earth Group (BRLT) and Its Peers

Brilliant Earth Group (NASDAQ:BRLT) is one of 286 publicly-traded companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Brilliant Earth Group to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings for Brilliant Earth Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brilliant Earth Group	1	7	0	0	1.88
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	3527	15170	21116	544	2.46

Brilliant Earth Group currently has a consensus price target of $1.74, suggesting a potential upside of 63.92%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 7.56%. Given Brilliant Earth Group’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Brilliant Earth Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility and Risk

Brilliant Earth Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brilliant Earth Group’s rivals have a beta of 1.75, meaning that their average stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Brilliant Earth Group pays an annual dividend of $0.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.6%. Brilliant Earth Group pays out -80.6% 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 35.0% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Brilliant Earth Group is clearly a better dividend stock than its rivals, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

70.4% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 83.2% of Brilliant Earth Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.1% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies 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.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Brilliant Earth Group and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Brilliant Earth Group	$443.10 million	-$3.63 million	-3.42
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	$7.17 billion	$390.24 million	19.28

Brilliant Earth Group’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Brilliant Earth Group. Brilliant Earth Group 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.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brilliant Earth Group	-0.71%	-18.23%	-7.15%
Brilliant Earth Group Competitors	-2.72%	-25.54%	2.87%

Summary

Brilliant Earth Group rivals beat Brilliant Earth Group on 8 of the 15 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.