Groupon (GRPN) Competitors

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) and Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor has higher revenue and earnings than Groupon. Groupon 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	0.97	$10M	$0.02	634.50
Groupon	$492.56M	1.48	-$55.41M	-$1.45	-12.67

Is TRIP or GRPN more profitable?

Groupon has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of 0.33%. Groupon's return on equity of 91.94% beat Tripadvisor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tripadvisor	0.33%	9.02%	2.98%
Groupon	3.87%	91.94%	3.31%

Which has more volatility & risk, TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Groupon has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor received 130 more outperform votes than Groupon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.98% of users gave Groupon an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1053 56.89%	Underperform Votes 798 43.11%
Groupon	Outperform Votes 923 58.98%	Underperform Votes 642 41.02%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRIP or GRPN?

99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Groupon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of Groupon shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor presently has a consensus target price of $17.14, suggesting a potential upside of 35.09%. Groupon has a consensus target price of $17.25, suggesting a potential downside of 6.10%. Given Tripadvisor's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Groupon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tripadvisor	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
Groupon	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Does the media refer more to TRIP or GRPN?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 16 more articles in the media than Groupon. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Tripadvisor and 14 mentions for Groupon. Tripadvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Groupon's score of 0.71 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tripadvisor	14 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Groupon	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tripadvisor beats Groupon on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.