EXPE vs. WSM, DRI, DKS, DPZ, BBY, ULTA, WBA, CVNA, YUMC, and DECK
Should you be buying Expedia Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expedia Group include Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), DICK'S Sporting Goods (DKS), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), Best Buy (BBY), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Carvana (CVNA), Yum China (YUMC), and Deckers Outdoor (DECK). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Williams-Sonoma (NYSE:WSM) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) 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, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
99.3% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Williams-Sonoma shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Expedia Group received 702 more outperform votes than Williams-Sonoma when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.69% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 49.21% of users gave Williams-Sonoma an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Williams-Sonoma had 3 more articles in the media than Expedia Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Williams-Sonoma and 18 mentions for Expedia Group. Williams-Sonoma's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Expedia Group's score of 0.36 indicating that Expedia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Williams-Sonoma presently has a consensus price target of $248.06, indicating a potential downside of 13.37%. Expedia Group has a consensus price target of $149.12, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Williams-Sonoma's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than Williams-Sonoma.
Williams-Sonoma has a net margin of 12.25% compared to Williams-Sonoma's net margin of 6.21%. Expedia Group's return on equity of 55.15% beat Williams-Sonoma's return on equity.
Williams-Sonoma has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Expedia Group. Williams-Sonoma is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Williams-Sonoma has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expedia Group has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Expedia Group beats Williams-Sonoma on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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