Reviewing Maison Luxe (OTCMKTS:MASN) and Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF)

Petco Health and Wellness (NASDAQ:WOOF) and Maison Luxe (OTCMKTS:MASN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Petco Health and Wellness has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maison Luxe has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Petco Health and Wellness and Maison Luxe’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petco Health and Wellness	-0.04%	0.46%	0.10%
Maison Luxe	-6.04%	N/A	-20.96%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Petco Health and Wellness and Maison Luxe, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petco Health and Wellness	1	9	3	0	2.15
Maison Luxe	0	0	0	0	0.00

Petco Health and Wellness currently has a consensus price target of $3.96, indicating a potential upside of 33.72%. Given Petco Health and Wellness’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Petco Health and Wellness is more favorable than Maison Luxe.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Petco Health and Wellness and Maison Luxe”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Petco Health and Wellness	$6.12 billion	0.15	-$101.82 million	($0.01)	-296.00
Maison Luxe	$4.80 million	0.06	$100,000.00	N/A	N/A

Maison Luxe has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petco Health and Wellness.

Summary

Petco Health and Wellness beats Maison Luxe on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Petco Health and Wellness

Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc., operates as a health and wellness company, focuses on enhancing the lives of pets, pet parents, and its Petco partners in the United States, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. The company provides veterinary care, grooming, training, tele-health, and Vital Care and pet health insurance services, as well as veterinary services through Vetco mobile clinics. It also offers pet consumables, supplies, and services through its petco.com, petcoach.co, petinsurancequotes.com, and pupbox.com websites. The company offers its products under the WholeHearted, Reddy, and Well & Good brands. Petco Health and Wellness Company, Inc. was founded in 1965 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About Maison Luxe

Maison Luxe, Inc. operates as a luxury goods retailer. It focuses on fine time pieces and jewelry segments on a wholesale and business-to-consumer basis. The company was formerly known as Clikia Corp. and changed its name to Maison Luxe, Inc. in April 2021. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Fort Lee, New Jersey.