ETSY vs. W, LYFT, VIPS, AN, TPX, THO, Z, SCI, ALV, and WU
Should you be buying Etsy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Etsy include Wayfair (W), Lyft (LYFT), Vipshop (VIPS), AutoNation (AN), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), THOR Industries (THO), Zillow Group (Z), Service Co. International (SCI), Autoliv (ALV), and Western Union (WU).
Wayfair (NYSE:W) and Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
89.7% of Wayfair shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.8% of Wayfair shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Wayfair has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Etsy has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Etsy received 38 more outperform votes than Wayfair when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.00% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote while only 59.80% of users gave Etsy an outperform vote.
Etsy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Wayfair. Wayfair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Etsy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Wayfair currently has a consensus target price of $77.83, suggesting a potential upside of 25.73%. Etsy has a consensus target price of $79.96, suggesting a potential upside of 26.86%. Given Wayfair's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than Wayfair.
Etsy has a net margin of 10.75% compared to Etsy's net margin of -5.28%. Etsy's return on equity of 0.00% beat Wayfair's return on equity.
In the previous week, Wayfair had 21 more articles in the media than Etsy. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Wayfair and 19 mentions for Etsy. Etsy's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Wayfair's score of 0.26 indicating that Wayfair is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Wayfair beats Etsy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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