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Amazon.com (AMZN) Competitors

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AMZN vs. NFLX, BKNG, EXPE, TRIP, GRPN, FLWS, PETS, PRTS, CPNG, and CDW

Should you be buying Amazon.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amazon.com include Netflix (NFLX), Booking (BKNG), Expedia Group (EXPE), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Groupon (GRPN), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), PetMed Express (PETS), CarParts.com (PRTS), Coupang (CPNG), and CDW (CDW).

Amazon.com vs.

Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking and dividends.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 246 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 370 mentions for Amazon.com and 124 mentions for Netflix. Netflix's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.72 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Netflix
72 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
22 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
195 Very Positive mention(s)
50 Positive mention(s)
51 Neutral mention(s)
53 Negative mention(s)
11 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Netflix has a net margin of 22.34% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 9.29%. Netflix's return on equity of 38.32% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Netflix22.34% 38.32% 17.09%
Amazon.com 9.29%24.25%10.55%

Netflix currently has a consensus target price of $1,072.12, suggesting a potential downside of 4.75%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $246.50, suggesting a potential upside of 31.54%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Netflix.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Netflix
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
45 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.96

80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Amazon.com received 1888 more outperform votes than Netflix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.02% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote while only 59.25% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NetflixOutperform Votes
2969
65.02%
Underperform Votes
1597
34.98%
Amazon.comOutperform Votes
4857
59.25%
Underperform Votes
3340
40.75%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Netflix$40.17B11.92$8.71B$21.1653.20
Amazon.com$637.96B3.12$59.25B$5.5333.89

Netflix has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Netflix beats Amazon.com on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMZN vs. The Competition

MetricAmazon.comCatalog & mail IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.99T$65.35B$23.74B$7.83B
Dividend YieldN/A4.39%170.05%4.22%
P/E Ratio33.8915.8222.4818.53
Price / Sales3.121.274.22103.32
Price / Cash20.4931.1419.4134.62
Price / Book6.954.865.774.24
Net Income$59.25B$2.05B$781.29M$248.05M
7 Day Performance3.62%1.44%1.84%3.17%
1 Month Performance-2.77%-3.91%-2.53%1.68%
1 Year Performance7.08%-7.38%3.12%5.93%

Amazon.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8746 of 5 stars
$184.42
-1.6%
$246.50
+33.7%
+3.6%$1.96T$637.96B33.351,541,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
NFLX
Netflix
4.0516 of 5 stars
$1,097.61
-0.4%
$1,072.12
-2.3%
+101.2%$465.54B$40.17B55.1712,800Analyst Upgrade
Insider Trade
BKNG
Booking
4.0632 of 5 stars
$4,838.30
0.0%
$5,278.66
+9.1%
+39.7%$157.99B$23.74B27.9724,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
EXPE
Expedia Group
4.9674 of 5 stars
$159.43
-0.4%
$190.18
+19.3%
+17.2%$20.54B$13.69B17.6116,500Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TRIP
Tripadvisor
4.4406 of 5 stars
$12.70
-0.3%
$17.29
+36.2%
-52.9%$1.78B$1.84B633.923,100Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
GRPN
Groupon
2.5032 of 5 stars
$17.08
-14.1%
$17.75
+3.9%
+55.4%$679.89M$492.56M33.493,680Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
FLWS
1-800-FLOWERS.COM
2.2344 of 5 stars
$5.36
-2.5%
$7.50
+39.9%
-41.0%$340.27M$1.76B-48.644,700Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
PETS
PetMed Express
0.4675 of 5 stars
$3.45
-1.4%
$3.35
-2.9%
-16.9%$71.28M$247.01M345.45210Gap Down
PRTS
CarParts.com
3.1924 of 5 stars
$1.03
+3.9%
$1.93
+88.6%
-23.2%$59.75M$588.85M-1.901,530News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CPNG
Coupang
4.2358 of 5 stars
$23.20
-1.0%
$29.17
+25.7%
+1.9%$41.84B$30.27B40.6568,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
CDW
CDW
4.6608 of 5 stars
$156.76
-0.8%
$217.38
+38.7%
-35.0%$20.65B$21.00B19.6615,100Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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