Expedia Group (EXPE) Competitors

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TRIP or EXPE?

99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, TRIP or EXPE?

Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expedia Group has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate TRIP or EXPE?

Tripadvisor presently has a consensus price target of $17.27, indicating a potential upside of 21.03%. Expedia Group has a consensus price target of $186.35, indicating a potential upside of 5.51%. Given Tripadvisor's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Expedia Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tripadvisor	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Expedia Group	1 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Does the media favor TRIP or EXPE?

In the previous week, Expedia Group had 2 more articles in the media than Tripadvisor. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Expedia Group and 7 mentions for Tripadvisor. Expedia Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Tripadvisor's score of 0.97 indicating that Expedia Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tripadvisor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Expedia Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TRIP or EXPE more profitable?

Expedia Group has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of 0.33%. Expedia Group's return on equity of 52.41% beat Tripadvisor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tripadvisor	0.33%	9.02%	2.98%
Expedia Group	9.01%	52.41%	5.23%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TRIP or EXPE?

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Tripadvisor. Expedia Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tripadvisor, 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
Tripadvisor	$1.84B	1.10	$10M	$0.37	38.57
Expedia Group	$13.79B	1.63	$1.23B	$8.48	20.83

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRIP or EXPE?

Expedia Group received 376 more outperform votes than Tripadvisor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1054 56.79%	Underperform Votes 802 43.21%
Expedia Group	Outperform Votes 1430 63.39%	Underperform Votes 826 36.61%

Summary

Expedia Group beats Tripadvisor on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.