AO vs. ASC, BOO, THG, ROO, PPH, MOON, BOWL, CVSG, CURY, and XPS
Should you be buying AO World stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AO World include ASOS (ASC), boohoo group (BOO), THG (THG), Deliveroo (ROO), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Moonpig Group (MOON), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), CVS Group (CVSG), Currys (CURY), and XPS Pensions Group (XPS). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AO World (LON:AO) and ASOS (LON:ASC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
AO World has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASOS has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AO World has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASOS. ASOS is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AO World, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
55.1% of AO World shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.9% of ASOS shares are held by institutional investors. 50.8% of AO World shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 50.2% of ASOS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AO World had 2 more articles in the media than ASOS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for AO World and 4 mentions for ASOS. AO World's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat ASOS's score of -0.07 indicating that AO World is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ASOS received 642 more outperform votes than AO World when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave AO World an outperform vote.
AO World has a net margin of 2.40% compared to ASOS's net margin of -6.28%. AO World's return on equity of 26.13% beat ASOS's return on equity.
AO World currently has a consensus target price of GBX 82.50, suggesting a potential downside of 21.28%. ASOS has a consensus target price of GBX 466.25, suggesting a potential upside of 35.54%. Given ASOS's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ASOS is more favorable than AO World.
Summary
AO World beats ASOS on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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