CPNG vs. KR, YUM, FAST, ROST, JD, DG, AZO, TSCO, DLTR, and EBAY
Should you be buying Coupang stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coupang include Kroger (KR), Yum! Brands (YUM), Fastenal (FAST), Ross Stores (ROST), JD.com (JD), Dollar General (DG), AutoZone (AZO), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Dollar Tree (DLTR), and eBay (EBAY). 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
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 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 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 received 1066 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 47.69% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.
Kroger presently has a consensus target price of $55.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.78%. Coupang has a consensus target price of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Coupang shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kroger had 4 more articles in the media than Coupang. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Kroger and 24 mentions for Coupang. Kroger's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Coupang's score of 0.56 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Coupang beats Kroger on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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