Groupon (GRPN) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GRPN or TRIP?

Groupon presently has a consensus price target of $23.25, indicating a potential downside of 28.81%. Tripadvisor has a consensus price target of $17.27, indicating a potential upside of 22.31%. Given Tripadvisor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Groupon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Groupon	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Tripadvisor	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GRPN or TRIP?

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
Groupon	$486.66M	2.67	-$55.41M	-$0.95	-34.38
Tripadvisor	$1.84B	1.09	$10M	$0.37	38.16

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GRPN or TRIP?

90.1% of Groupon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.7% of Groupon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.1% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GRPN or TRIP 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
Groupon	3.87%	91.94%	3.31%
Tripadvisor	0.33%	9.02%	2.98%

Does the media refer more to GRPN or TRIP?

In the previous week, Groupon had 3 more articles in the media than Tripadvisor. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Groupon and 9 mentions for Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Groupon's score of 0.53 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Groupon	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tripadvisor	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GRPN or TRIP?

Groupon has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRPN or TRIP?

Tripadvisor received 128 more outperform votes than Groupon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.02% of users gave Groupon an outperform vote while only 56.79% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Groupon	Outperform Votes 926 59.02%	Underperform Votes 643 40.98%
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1054 56.79%	Underperform Votes 802 43.21%

Summary

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