ASC vs. AO, CARD, DFS, MOON, FDL, BOO, BWNG, UPGS, APGN, and PODP
Should you be buying ASOS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASOS include AO World (AO), Card Factory (CARD), DFS Furniture (DFS), Moonpig Group (MOON), Findel (FDL), boohoo group (BOO), N Brown Group (BWNG), UP Global Sourcing (UPGS), Applegreen (APGN), and Pod Point Group (PODP). These companies are all part of the "specialty retail" industry.
ASOS vs.
AO World (LON:AO) and ASOS (LON:ASC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, ASOS had 2 more articles in the media than AO World. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ASOS and 4 mentions for AO World. ASOS's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat AO World's score of 0.23 indicating that ASOS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AO World has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASOS has a beta of 2.92, meaning that its share price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASOS received 638 more outperform votes than AO World when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.20% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote while only 64.56% of users gave AO World an outperform vote.
AO World has a net margin of -2.86% compared to ASOS's net margin of -6.24%. ASOS's return on equity of -25.58% beat AO World's return on equity.
AO World has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ASOS. AO World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASOS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.7% of AO World shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.9% of ASOS shares are owned by institutional investors. 27.2% of AO World shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 35.5% of ASOS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AO World currently has a consensus price target of GBX 69, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. ASOS has a consensus price target of GBX 861.25, indicating a potential upside of 128.87%. Given ASOS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ASOS is more favorable than AO World.
Summary
ASOS beats AO World on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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