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Amazon.com (AMZN) Competitors

$147.42
+0.54 (+0.37%)
(As of 12/8/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$145.40
$147.84
50-Day Range
$119.57
$147.73
52-Week Range
$81.43
$149.26
Volume
41.86 million shs
Average Volume
59.54 million shs
Market Capitalization
$1.52 trillion
P/E Ratio
76.38
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$169.88

AMZN vs. WMT, CPNG, W, NSIT, CNXN, RVLV, DDL, SFIX, HEPS, and JMIA

Should you be buying Amazon.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amazon.com include Walmart (WMT), Coupang (CPNG), Wayfair (W), Insight Enterprises (NSIT), PC Connection (CNXN), Revolve Group (RVLV), Dingdong (Cayman) (DDL), Stitch Fix (SFIX), D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S. (HEPS), and Jumia Technologies (JMIA). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

Amazon.com vs.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.

33.2% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 46.5% of Walmart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 40 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 77 mentions for Amazon.com and 37 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.45 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walmart
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Amazon.com
29 Very Positive mention(s)
27 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walmart pays out 37.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amazon.com pays out 10.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Walmart has raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Amazon.com received 3179 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.96% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote while only 58.08% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WalmartOutperform Votes
1433
59.96%
Underperform Votes
957
40.04%
Amazon.comOutperform Votes
4612
58.08%
Underperform Votes
3329
41.92%

Amazon.com has a net margin of 3.62% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 2.55%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 21.20% beat Walmart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walmart2.55% 21.20% 7.06%
Amazon.com 3.62%12.75%4.40%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walmart$638.79B0.64$11.68B$6.0325.28
Amazon.com$554.03B2.74-$2.72B$1.9376.10

Walmart currently has a consensus price target of $179.44, indicating a potential upside of 17.69%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $169.88, indicating a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Amazon.com's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Walmart is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walmart
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.87
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
42 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.98

Walmart has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Walmart on 11 of the 21 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$1.52T$54.52B$21.46B$6.67B
Dividend YieldN/A4.12%225.35%4.77%
P/E Ratio76.1028.0128.4814.23
Price / Sales2.740.556.53540.78
Price / Cash30.6041.8316.3123.12
Price / Book10.315.935.344.63
Net Income-$2.72B-$236.00M$508.16M$176.84M
7 Day Performance-0.10%0.55%-0.46%0.33%
1 Month Performance3.38%11.86%5.22%6.68%
1 Year Performance62.57%13.52%5.45%6.80%

Amazon.com Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMT
Walmart
3.1773 of 5 stars
$156.11
-1.6%
$179.00
+14.7%
+2.2%$426.99B$638.79B25.892,100,000Insider Selling
CPNG
Coupang
2.8391 of 5 stars
$16.11
+0.2%
$22.50
+39.7%
-15.3%$28.80B$20.58B67.1363,000
W
Wayfair
2.6209 of 5 stars
$58.50
+2.6%
$75.52
+29.1%
+49.1%$6.90B$11.99B-7.0615,745Analyst Upgrade
NSIT
Insight Enterprises
1.3656 of 5 stars
$148.70
-0.1%
$145.00
-2.5%
+72.3%$4.84B$10.43B20.4813,448Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CNXN
PC Connection
2.7095 of 5 stars
$59.44
-0.4%
N/A+22.8%$1.56B$3.13B20.012,685Positive News
RVLV
Revolve Group
2.5154 of 5 stars
$13.96
-1.8%
$19.20
+37.5%
-40.2%$1.01B$1.10B31.731,384
DDL
Dingdong (Cayman)
1.9753 of 5 stars
$2.15
-7.3%
$5.15
+139.5%
-61.6%$507.89M$3.58B-71.673,363Gap Up
SFIX
Stitch Fix
1.8147 of 5 stars
$3.78
+3.8%
$3.86
+2.1%
+3.0%$443.51M$1.64B-2.505,860Earnings Report
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HEPS
D-Market Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret A.S.
1.9281 of 5 stars
$1.32
-0.8%
$2.00
+51.5%
+119.7%$430.32M$984.84M-14.673,834Gap Up
JMIA
Jumia Technologies
0 of 5 stars
$3.72
-0.8%
N/A-8.5%$376.24M$221.88M0.004,318

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