Head to Head Review: FIGS (FIGS) and Its Competitors

FIGS (NYSE:FIGS) is one of 285 publicly-traded companies in the “Specialty Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare FIGS to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares FIGS and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
FIGS	$631.10 million	$34.25 million	64.53
FIGS Competitors	$7.11 billion	$386.47 million	32.04

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

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for FIGS and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FIGS	0	4	7	0	2.64
FIGS Competitors	3663	15557	21591	586	2.46

FIGS currently has a consensus target price of $19.57, indicating a potential downside of 8.09%. As a group, “Specialty Retail” companies have a potential upside of 7.82%. Given FIGS’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe FIGS has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

92.2% of FIGS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by institutional investors. 27.1% of FIGS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.5% of shares of all “Specialty Retail” companies are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares FIGS and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FIGS	8.72%	12.53%	9.52%
FIGS Competitors	-3.67%	-13.85%	3.19%

Risk & Volatility

FIGS has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FIGS’s competitors have a beta of 1.91, indicating that their average stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FIGS beats its competitors on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

About FIGS

FIGS, Inc. operates as a direct-to-consumer healthcare apparel and lifestyle company in the United States and internationally. It designs and sells healthcare apparel and scrubwear and non-scrubwear offerings, such as outerwear, underscrubs, footwear, compression socks, lab coats, loungewear, and other apparel. It also offers sports bras, performance leggings, tops, super-soft pima cotton tops, vests, fleeces, and jackets; necessities, scrub caps, lanyards, badge reels, tote bags, baseball caps, and beanies. The company markets and sells its products to healthcare professionals through its direct-to-consumer digital platform comprising website, mobile app, and B2B business, as well as retail store. FIGS, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. FIGS, Inc.