CPNG vs. KR, YUM, FAST, JD, DG, AZO, TSCO, EBAY, DLTR, and QSR
Should you be buying Coupang stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coupang include Kroger (KR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Fastenal (FAST), JD.com (JD), Dollar General (DG), AutoZone (AZO), Tractor Supply (TSCO), eBay (EBAY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), and Restaurant Brands International (QSR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kroger (NYSE:KR) and Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
Coupang has a net margin of 4.96% compared to Coupang's net margin of 1.44%. Coupang's return on equity of 31.44% beat Kroger's return on equity.
Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Coupang. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coupang, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kroger has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coupang has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kroger currently has a consensus target price of $55.17, suggesting a potential downside of 1.31%. Coupang has a consensus target price of $25.42, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coupang is more favorable than Kroger.
80.9% of Kroger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Coupang shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kroger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Coupang 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.
Kroger received 1066 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 46.88% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Coupang had 8 more articles in the media than Kroger. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Coupang and 32 mentions for Kroger. Kroger's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Coupang's score of 0.35 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Coupang beats Kroger on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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