AMZN vs. WMT, CPNG, CDW, CHWY, W, NSIT, CNXN, RVLV, JMIA, and HEPS
Should you be buying Amazon.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amazon.com include Walmart (WMT), Coupang (CPNG), CDW (CDW), Chewy (CHWY), Wayfair (W), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), PC Connection (CNXN), Revolve Group (RVLV), Jumia Technologies (JMIA), and D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS).
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, profitability and risk.
Amazon.com has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Walmart. Walmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. 10.3% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 46.5% of Walmart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Amazon.com has a net margin of 5.29% compared to Walmart's net margin of 2.39%. Walmart's return on equity of 21.08% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.
Amazon.com received 3250 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.12% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 142 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 222 mentions for Amazon.com and 80 mentions for Walmart. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Walmart's score of 0.06 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $210.18, suggesting a potential upside of 17.42%. Walmart has a consensus price target of $61.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.95%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Walmart.
Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Amazon.com pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walmart pays out 43.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Walmart on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Amazon.com News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for AMZN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMZN and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Amazon.com Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
