Reviewing RealReal (REAL) & Its Peers

RealReal (NASDAQ:REAL) is one of 28 publicly-traded companies in the “Miscellaneous retail” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare RealReal to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

64.7% of RealReal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.7% of shares of all “Miscellaneous retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.3% of RealReal shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.5% of shares of all “Miscellaneous retail” companies are held by company 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.

Volatility & Risk

RealReal has a beta of 2.99, indicating that its share price is 199% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RealReal’s rivals have a beta of 1.10, indicating that their average share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for RealReal and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RealReal	0	3	2	0	2.40
RealReal Competitors	106	503	429	5	2.32

RealReal currently has a consensus price target of $3.60, suggesting a potential upside of 1.55%. As a group, “Miscellaneous retail” companies have a potential upside of 5.16%. Given RealReal’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RealReal has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares RealReal and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
RealReal	$549.30 million	-$168.47 million	-2.12
RealReal Competitors	$1.87 billion	$31.22 million	10.47

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.

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	-30.67%	N/A	-26.38%
RealReal Competitors	-25.34%	-47.14%	-5.05%

Summary

RealReal rivals beat RealReal on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

RealReal Company Profile

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.