AO vs. THG, ASC, BOO, BWNG, G4M, ZAMZ, SOS, MADE, MEAL, and UBG
Should you be buying AO World stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AO World include THG (THG), ASOS (ASC), boohoo group (BOO), N Brown Group (BWNG), Gear4music (G4M), Zamaz (ZAMZ), Sosandar (SOS), Made.com Group (MADE), Parsley Box Group (MEAL), and Unbound Group (UBG). These companies are all part of the "internet retail" industry.
AO World vs. Its Competitors
THG (LON:THG) and AO World (LON:AO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
AO World has lower revenue, but higher earnings than THG. THG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AO World, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AO World has a net margin of 2.48% compared to THG's net margin of -11.77%. AO World's return on equity of 18.96% beat THG's return on equity.
31.4% of THG shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.1% of AO World shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.6% of THG shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.1% of AO World shares are owned by 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.
THG presently has a consensus price target of GBX 40.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.98%. Given THG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe THG is more favorable than AO World.
THG has a beta of 2.4, suggesting that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AO World has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AO World had 1 more articles in the media than THG. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for AO World and 3 mentions for THG. AO World's average media sentiment score of -0.18 beat THG's score of -0.30 indicating that AO World is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
AO World beats THG on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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.
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This page (LON:AO) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
