Ocado Group (OCDO) Competitors

Ocado Group (LON:OCDO) and Greggs (LON:GRG) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts recommend OCDO or GRG?

Ocado Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 783.50, indicating a potential upside of 114.59%. Greggs has a consensus target price of GBX 2,862.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.15%. Given Ocado Group's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ocado Group is more favorable than Greggs.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ocado Group	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Greggs	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OCDO or GRG?

Greggs has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ocado Group. Ocado Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greggs, 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
Ocado Group	£2.51 billion	1.20	-£455.50 million	-£0.56	-651.99
Greggs	£1.51 billion	1.84	£120.30 million	£1.18	2,306.98

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in OCDO or GRG?

48.4% of Ocado Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Greggs shares are owned by institutional investors. 30.4% of Ocado Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of Greggs shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer OCDO or GRG?

In the previous week, Ocado Group had 3 more articles in the media than Greggs. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ocado Group and 1 mentions for Greggs. Ocado Group's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Greggs' score of 0.00 indicating that Ocado Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ocado Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Greggs	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, OCDO or GRG?

Ocado Group has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greggs has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OCDO or GRG more profitable?

Greggs has a net margin of 7.95% compared to Ocado Group's net margin of -18.12%. Greggs' return on equity of 27.49% beat Ocado Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ocado Group	-18.12%	-26.42%	-5.73%
Greggs	7.95%	27.49%	10.36%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OCDO or GRG?

Ocado Group received 152 more outperform votes than Greggs when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.06% of users gave Greggs an outperform vote while only 56.33% of users gave Ocado Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ocado Group	Outperform Votes 587 56.33%	Underperform Votes 455 43.67%
Greggs	Outperform Votes 435 64.06%	Underperform Votes 244 35.94%

Summary

Greggs beats Ocado Group on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.