JD.com (JD) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, JD or CVNA?

JD.com has a beta of 0.53, meaning that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.61, meaning that its share price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is JD or CVNA more profitable?

JD.com has a net margin of 3.12% compared to Carvana's net margin of 1.54%. Carvana's return on equity of 36.59% beat JD.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JD.com	3.12%	14.53%	6.71%
Carvana	1.54%	36.59%	1.79%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in JD or CVNA?

16.0% of JD.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Carvana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer JD or CVNA?

In the previous week, JD.com had 3 more articles in the media than Carvana. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for JD.com and 20 mentions for Carvana. Carvana's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat JD.com's score of 0.84 indicating that Carvana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JD.com	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carvana	11 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, JD or CVNA?

JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Carvana. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, 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
JD.com	$1.16T	0.04	$3.40B	$3.75	8.70
Carvana	$13.67B	3.81	$450M	$1.57	155.52

Do analysts prefer JD or CVNA?

JD.com currently has a consensus target price of $49.27, suggesting a potential upside of 51.05%. Carvana has a consensus target price of $254.76, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. Given JD.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Carvana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JD.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JD or CVNA?

JD.com received 472 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1037 67.29%	Underperform Votes 504 32.71%
Carvana	Outperform Votes 565 58.25%	Underperform Votes 405 41.75%

Summary

JD.com beats Carvana on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.