AO World (AO) Competitors

AO World (LON:AO) and Deliveroo (LON:ROO) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.

Do analysts rate AO or ROO?

AO World presently has a consensus price target of GBX 135, suggesting a potential upside of 38.04%. Deliveroo has a consensus price target of GBX 202, suggesting a potential upside of 17.98%. Given AO World's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AO World is more favorable than Deliveroo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AO World	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Deliveroo	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to AO or ROO?

In the previous week, Deliveroo had 34 more articles in the media than AO World. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Deliveroo and 6 mentions for AO World. Deliveroo's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat AO World's score of 0.16 indicating that Deliveroo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AO World	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Deliveroo	5 Very Positive mention(s)	12 Positive mention(s)	23 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, AO or ROO?

AO World has higher revenue and earnings than Deliveroo. AO World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deliveroo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AO World	£1.03B	0.55	£25.59M	£4.39	22.30
Deliveroo	£283.19M	8.95	£7.28M	£0.49	348.18

Is AO or ROO more profitable?

Deliveroo has a net margin of 2.57% compared to AO World's net margin of 2.48%. AO World's return on equity of 18.96% beat Deliveroo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AO World	2.48%	18.96%	5.02%
Deliveroo	2.57%	10.34%	-0.96%

Which has more risk and volatility, AO or ROO?

AO World has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deliveroo has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AO or ROO?

AO World received 327 more outperform votes than Deliveroo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.17% of users gave AO World an outperform vote while only 27.27% of users gave Deliveroo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AO World	Outperform Votes 342 64.17%	Underperform Votes 191 35.83%
Deliveroo	Outperform Votes 15 27.27%	Underperform Votes 40 72.73%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AO or ROO?

42.1% of AO World shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Deliveroo shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of AO World shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Deliveroo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AO World beats Deliveroo on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.