Contrasting 1-800 FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT)

1-800 FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) and Insight Enterprises (NASDAQ:NSIT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares 1-800 FLOWERS.COM and Insight Enterprises”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	$1.83 billion	0.18	-$6.11 million	($2.65)	-1.95
Insight Enterprises	$8.70 billion	0.51	$249.69 million	$5.00	27.98

Insight Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than 1-800 FLOWERS.COM. 1-800 FLOWERS.COM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Insight Enterprises, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk and Volatility

1-800 FLOWERS.COM has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Insight Enterprises has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for 1-800 FLOWERS.COM and Insight Enterprises, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	0	2	0	0	2.00
Insight Enterprises	0	1	2	0	2.67

1-800 FLOWERS.COM presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.35%. Insight Enterprises has a consensus price target of $183.00, suggesting a potential upside of 30.83%. Given 1-800 FLOWERS.COM’s higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe 1-800 FLOWERS.COM is more favorable than Insight Enterprises.

Profitability

This table compares 1-800 FLOWERS.COM and Insight Enterprises’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
1-800 FLOWERS.COM	-9.88%	-7.12%	-3.04%
Insight Enterprises	2.26%	18.50%	4.30%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

38.4% of 1-800 FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by institutional investors. 51.0% of 1-800 FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Insight Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Insight Enterprises beats 1-800 FLOWERS.COM on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About 1-800 FLOWERS.COM

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. provides gifts for various occasions in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Consumer Floral & Gifts, Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets, and BloomNet. The company offers a range of products, including fresh-cut flowers, floral and fruit arrangements, plants, gifts, personalized products, dipped berries, popcorns, gourmet foods and gift baskets, cookies, chocolates, candies, wines, and gift-quality fruits. It offers its products and services through online platform under the 1-800-Flowers.com, 1-800-Baskets.com, Cheryl's Cookies, FruitBouquets.com, Harry & David, Moose Munch, The Popcorn Factory, Wolferman's Bakery, PersonalizationMall.com, Simply Chocolate, Vital Choice, DesignPac, Stock Yards, Shari's Berries, BloomNet, Napco, and Flowerama brand names. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Jericho, New York.

About Insight Enterprises

Insight Enterprises, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides information technology, hardware, software, and services in the United States and internationally. The company offers modern platforms/infrastructure that manages and supports cloud and data platforms, modern networks, and edge technologies; cybersecurity solutions automates and connects modern platform securely; data and artificial intelligence modernizes data platforms and architectures, and build data analytics and AI solutions; modern workplace and apps; and intelligent edge solutions that gathers and utilizes data for real-time decision making. It also provides software maintenance solutions that offers clients to obtain software upgrades, bug fixes, help desk, and other support services; vendor direct support services contracts; and cloud/software-as-a-service subscription products. In addition, the company designs, procures, deploys, implements, and manages solutions that combine hardware, software, and services to help businesses. It serves construction, esports, financial services, health care and life sciences, manufacturing, retail and restaurant, service providers, small to medium business, and travel and tourism industries. Insight Enterprises, Inc., was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona.