BOO vs. ASC, AO, THG, ABDP, RNK, 888, CARD, YNGA, CRST, and WIX
Should you be buying boohoo group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of boohoo group include ASOS (ASC), AO World (AO), THG (THG), AB Dynamics (ABDP), The Rank Group (RNK), 888 (888), Card Factory (CARD), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), Crest Nicholson (CRST), and Wickes Group (WIX). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
boohoo group (LON:BOO) and ASOS (LON:ASC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
boohoo group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 20.67%. ASOS has a consensus price target of GBX 466.25, suggesting a potential upside of 30.68%. Given ASOS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ASOS is more favorable than boohoo group.
In the previous week, boohoo group had 6 more articles in the media than ASOS. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for boohoo group and 3 mentions for ASOS. ASOS's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat boohoo group's score of 0.51 indicating that ASOS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ASOS received 154 more outperform votes than boohoo group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.52% of users gave boohoo group an outperform vote while only 68.86% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote.
boohoo group has a net margin of -5.15% compared to ASOS's net margin of -7.72%. boohoo group's return on equity of -20.69% beat ASOS's return on equity.
boohoo group has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASOS has a beta of 2.7, meaning that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.
boohoo group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASOS. boohoo group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASOS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
33.6% of boohoo group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of ASOS shares are held by institutional investors. 51.7% of boohoo group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.4% of ASOS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
boohoo group beats ASOS on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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