Sally Beauty vs Signet Jewelers
SBH and SIG side by side, both in miscellaneous retail. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SBH and SIG compare
Signet Jewelers is the larger company, worth 2.5 times as much as Sally Beauty ($4.4B against $1.8B).
On earnings, Sally Beauty is cheaper: it trades at 9.4× trailing earnings, against 13.1× for Signet Jewelers.
Sally Beauty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (0.90% versus 0.59% for Signet Jewelers).
Sally Beauty keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 5.4% compared with 5.2% at Signet Jewelers.
Signet Jewelers pays a dividend yielding 0.61%; Sally Beauty does not pay one.
Signet Jewelers scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 14 for Sally Beauty), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | SBH | SIG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.8B | $4.4B |
| Share price | $18.96 | $113.98 |
| Change, 1 year | 29.2% | 7.5% |
| Change, 5 years | −7.4% | 5.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 1.26 |
| Employees | 27K | 889 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 9.4× (better) | 13.1× |
| P/S | 0.5× (better) | 0.6× |
| P/B | 2.0× (better) | 2.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6× (better) | 6.3× |
| P/FCF | 8.4× | 8.1× (better) |
| PEG | 1.53 (better) | 6.06 |
| FCF yield | 11.8% | 12.3% (better) |
| Fair value | $25.19 | $122.30 |
| Margin of safety | 24.7% (better) | 6.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 0.90% (better) | 0.59% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −0.74% | 5.4% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 2.1% | 168% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 6.9% | 191% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.77% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 52.0% (better) | 39.1% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% (better) | 6.8% |
| Net margin | 5.4% (better) | 5.2% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 7.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 23.8% (better) | 19.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.0% | 26.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.89 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.47 | – |
| Current ratio | 2.37 (better) | 1.64 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.98 | 3.43 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 9 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 0.61% |
| Payout ratio | – | 15.0% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 5 |
| Buyback yield | 6.4% (better) | 5.2% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.4% (better) | 5.8% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 111% | 113% |
| Held by insiders | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.9M | −$863K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.8% | 12.7% |
Go deeper
- SBH stock overview
- SBH income statement
- SBH valuation and score
- SIG stock overview
- SIG income statement
- SIG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.