Reviewing ThredUp (TDUP) & The Competition

ThredUp (NASDAQ:TDUP – Get Rating) is one of 49 public companies in the “Catalog & mail-order houses” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare ThredUp to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for ThredUp and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ThredUp	0	2	11	0	2.85
ThredUp Competitors	289	1258	3358	63	2.64

ThredUp currently has a consensus price target of $20.08, suggesting a potential upside of 144.92%. As a group, “Catalog & mail-order houses” companies have a potential upside of 42.40%. Given ThredUp’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ThredUp is more favorable than its peers.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

50.5% of ThredUp shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.0% of shares of all “Catalog & mail-order houses” companies are owned by institutional investors. 29.0% of shares of all “Catalog & mail-order houses” companies are owned by 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 and Earnings

This table compares ThredUp and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
ThredUp	$251.79 million	-$63.18 million	-6.12
ThredUp Competitors	$15.72 billion	$855.51 million	-8.25

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

Profitability

This table compares ThredUp and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ThredUp	-25.09%	-24.78%	-14.60%
ThredUp Competitors	-8.24%	-24.41%	-3.80%

Summary

ThredUp peers beat ThredUp on 8 of the 12 factors compared.

ThredUp Company Profile (Get Rating)

ThredUp Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates online resale platforms that allows consumers to buy and sell secondhand women's and kids' apparel, shoes, and accessories. ThredUp Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Oakland, California.