THG vs. AO, BOO, ASC, ROO, JET, WOSG, DAL, JDW, CRN, and DOCS
Should you be buying THG stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of THG include AO World (AO), boohoo group (BOO), ASOS (ASC), Deliveroo (ROO), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), Watches of Switzerland Group (WOSG), Dalata Hotel Group (DAL), J D Wetherspoon (JDW), Cairn Homes (CRN), and Dr. Martens (DOCS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
THG (LON:THG) and AO World (LON:AO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
AO World received 308 more outperform votes than THG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.03% of users gave AO World an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave THG an outperform vote.
THG has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AO World has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.2% of THG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% of AO World shares are held by institutional investors. 33.4% of THG 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AO World has a net margin of 2.40% compared to THG's net margin of -12.14%. AO World's return on equity of 26.13% beat THG's return on equity.
AO World has lower revenue, but higher earnings than THG. THG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AO World, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
THG currently has a consensus target price of GBX 71.60, suggesting a potential upside of 3.84%. AO World has a consensus target price of GBX 82.50, suggesting a potential downside of 20.83%. Given THG's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe THG is more favorable than AO World.
In the previous week, THG and THG both had 5 articles in the media. THG's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat AO World's score of 0.52 indicating that THG is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AO World beats THG on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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