W vs. ETSY, VIPS, AN, TPX, SCI, THO, ALV, KMX, GT, and AMCR
Should you be buying Wayfair stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Wayfair include Etsy (ETSY), Vipshop (VIPS), AutoNation (AN), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Service Co. International (SCI), THOR Industries (THO), Autoliv (ALV), CarMax (KMX), Goodyear Tire & Rubber (GT), and Amcor (AMCR).
Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) and Wayfair (NYSE:W) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Etsy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Wayfair had 14 more articles in the media than Etsy. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Wayfair and 22 mentions for Etsy. Wayfair's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Etsy's score of 0.51 indicating that Etsy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 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.
Etsy has a beta of 2, indicating that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wayfair has a beta of 3.32, indicating that its share price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Etsy currently has a consensus target price of $79.96, suggesting a potential upside of 31.04%. Wayfair has a consensus target price of $77.83, suggesting a potential upside of 30.26%. Given Wayfair's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Etsy is more favorable than Wayfair.
99.5% of Etsy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Wayfair shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Etsy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.5% of Wayfair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Etsy beats Wayfair on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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