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
AO World (LON:AO) and THG (LON:THG) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
42.1% of AO World shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.4% of THG shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.1% of AO World shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.6% of THG shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AO World has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
THG has a consensus target price of GBX 49, suggesting a potential upside of 52.17%. Given THG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe THG is more favorable than AO World.
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.
In the previous week, AO World had 12 more articles in the media than THG. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AO World and 3 mentions for THG. THG's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat AO World's score of 0.12 indicating that THG is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AO World has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, THG has a beta of 2.4, indicating that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AO World beats THG on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
