Head-To-Head Survey: Sleep Number (SNBR) and The Competition

Sleep Number (NASDAQ:SNBR) is one of 150 publicly-traded companies in the “Household Durables” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Sleep Number to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

85.7% of Sleep Number shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.6% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by institutional investors. 3.6% of Sleep Number shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.3% of shares of all “Household Durables” companies are held by company 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.

Volatility and Risk

Sleep Number has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sleep Number’s peers have a beta of 1.76, meaning that their average stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Sleep Number and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sleep Number	2	2	0	0	1.50
Sleep Number Competitors	1802	7412	8145	316	2.39

Sleep Number currently has a consensus price target of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 2,700.00%. As a group, “Household Durables” companies have a potential upside of 48.23%. Given Sleep Number’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Sleep Number is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sleep Number	-12.98%	N/A	-16.48%
Sleep Number Competitors	-2.73%	-17.15%	1.17%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sleep Number and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sleep Number	$1.34 billion	-$131.96 million	-0.02
Sleep Number Competitors	$127.77 billion	$320.74 million	8.50

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

Summary

Sleep Number peers beat Sleep Number on 9 of the 13 factors compared.

About Sleep Number

Sleep Number Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, offers sleep solutions and services in the United States. The company designs, manufactures, markets, retails, and services beds, pillows, sheets, and other bedding products under the Sleep Number name. It also provides smart adjustable bases under the FlextFit brand, and smart beds under the Climate 360 name. The company sells its products directly to consumers through retail, online, phone, chat, and other. The company was formerly known as Select Comfort Corporation and changed its name to Sleep Number Corporation in November 2017. Sleep Number Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.