BOO vs. ASC, AO, THG, ABDP, WIX, CRST, YNGA, 888, XPS, and CARD
Should you be buying boohoo group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of boohoo group include ASOS (ASC), AO World (AO), THG (THG), AB Dynamics (ABDP), Wickes Group (WIX), Crest Nicholson (CRST), Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (YNGA), 888 (888), XPS Pensions Group (XPS), and Card Factory (CARD). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
ASOS (LON:ASC) and boohoo group (LON:BOO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and valuation.
ASOS received 154 more outperform votes than boohoo group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.52% of users gave boohoo group an outperform vote while only 68.86% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote.
boohoo group has a net margin of -5.15% compared to boohoo group's net margin of -6.28%. ASOS's return on equity of -20.69% beat boohoo group's return on equity.
boohoo group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ASOS. boohoo group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASOS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ASOS has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, boohoo group has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
30.9% of ASOS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.8% of boohoo group shares are owned by institutional investors. 50.2% of ASOS shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of boohoo group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, boohoo group had 6 more articles in the media than ASOS. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for boohoo group and 5 mentions for ASOS. boohoo group's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat ASOS's score of 0.54 indicating that ASOS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ASOS currently has a consensus price target of GBX 466.25, indicating a potential upside of 30.97%. boohoo group has a consensus price target of GBX 42.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.33%. Given boohoo group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ASOS is more favorable than boohoo group.
Summary
boohoo group beats ASOS on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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