GRPN vs. FLWS, MDCA, TLRA, PETS, PRTS, IPG, OMC, AMZN, NFLX, and BKNG
Should you be buying Groupon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Groupon include 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), MDC Partners (MDCA), Telaria (TLRA), PetMed Express (PETS), CarParts.com (PRTS), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Omnicom Group (OMC), Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and Booking (BKNG).
Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
90.1% of Groupon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are held by institutional investors. 35.7% of Groupon shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Groupon has a beta of 1.8, suggesting that its share price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a beta of 1.66, suggesting that its share price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a net margin of -0.42% compared to Groupon's net margin of -7.46%. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's return on equity of 3.27% beat Groupon's return on equity.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM has higher revenue and earnings than Groupon. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Groupon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Groupon currently has a consensus target price of $12.38, suggesting a potential downside of 19.01%. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a consensus target price of $9.00, suggesting a potential downside of 5.16%. Given 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is more favorable than Groupon.
Groupon received 428 more outperform votes than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave 1-800-FLOWERS.COM an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Groupon an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Groupon had 5 more articles in the media than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Groupon and 2 mentions for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's average media sentiment score of 1.86 beat Groupon's score of 0.93 indicating that 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
1-800-FLOWERS.COM beats Groupon on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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