AO vs. BOO, ASC, THG, ROO, JET, PPH, BOWL, CVSG, TIFS, and CURY
Should you be buying AO World stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AO World include boohoo group (BOO), ASOS (ASC), THG (THG), Deliveroo (ROO), Just Eat Takeaway.com (JET), PPHE Hotel Group (PPH), Hollywood Bowl Group (BOWL), CVS Group (CVSG), TI Fluid Systems (TIFS), and Currys (CURY). These companies are all part of the "consumer cyclical" sector.
AO World (LON:AO) and boohoo group (LON:BOO) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
boohoo group received 488 more outperform votes than AO World when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.45% of users gave boohoo group an outperform vote while only 64.03% of users gave AO World an outperform vote.
55.3% of AO World shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.6% of boohoo group shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.1% of AO World shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 51.7% of boohoo group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, boohoo group had 14 more articles in the media than AO World. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for boohoo group and 5 mentions for AO World. AO World's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat boohoo group's score of 0.12 indicating that AO World is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AO World currently has a consensus price target of GBX 82.50, indicating a potential downside of 23.04%. boohoo group has a consensus price target of GBX 42.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.34%. Given boohoo group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe boohoo group is more favorable than AO World.
AO World has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, boohoo group has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AO World has higher earnings, but lower revenue than boohoo group. boohoo group 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 2.40% compared to boohoo group's net margin of -5.15%. AO World's return on equity of 26.13% beat boohoo group's return on equity.
Summary
AO World beats boohoo group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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