AO vs. BOO, ASC, THG, ROO, JET, PPH, BOWL, CVSG, TIFS, and CURY
Should you be buying AO World stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AO World include boohoo group (BOO), ASOS (ASC), THG (THG), Deliveroo (ROO), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), CVS Group (CVSG), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), and Currys (CURY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
boohoo group (LON:BOO) and AO World (LON:AO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
boohoo group has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AO World has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AO World has lower revenue, but higher earnings than boohoo group. boohoo group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AO World, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AO World has a net margin of 2.40% compared to AO World's net margin of -5.15%. boohoo group's return on equity of 26.13% beat AO World's return on equity.
33.6% of boohoo group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of AO World shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of boohoo group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.1% of AO World shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
boohoo group received 488 more outperform votes than AO World when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.45% of users gave boohoo group an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave AO World an outperform vote.
boohoo group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 42.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.01%. AO World has a consensus target price of GBX 82.50, indicating a potential downside of 20.83%. Given AO World's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe boohoo group is more favorable than AO World.
In the previous week, boohoo group had 9 more articles in the media than AO World. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for boohoo group and 5 mentions for AO World. boohoo group's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat AO World's score of -0.10 indicating that AO World is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
AO World beats boohoo group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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