Amazon.com - AMZN Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WMT or AMZN?

Amazon.com received 3151 more outperform votes than Walmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.24% of users gave Walmart an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Walmart	Outperform Votes 1383 60.24%	Underperform Votes 913 39.76%
Amazon.com	Outperform Votes 4534 58.09%	Underperform Votes 3271 41.91%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, WMT or AMZN?

Amazon.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walmart. 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Walmart	$572.75 billion	0.68	$13.67 billion	$3.24	44.65
Amazon.com	$469.82 billion	2.28	$33.36 billion	$1.09	96.51

Which has more risk & volatility, WMT or AMZN?

Walmart has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor WMT or AMZN?

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 94 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 109 mentions for Amazon.com and 15 mentions for Walmart. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.37 beat Walmart's score of -0.03 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Amazon.com	27 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	13 Negative mention(s)	9 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend WMT or AMZN?

Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $160.91, suggesting a potential upside of 11.22%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $145.81, suggesting a potential upside of 38.67%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Walmart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Walmart	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	19 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Amazon.com	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	41 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WMT or AMZN?

31.3% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of Walmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is WMT or AMZN more profitable?

Amazon.com has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Walmart's net margin of 1.49%. Walmart's return on equity of 19.54% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Walmart	1.49%	19.54%	6.80%
Amazon.com	2.25%	14.44%	4.65%

Summary

Amazon.com beats Walmart on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.