JD.com (JD) Competitors

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

Is CVNA or JD 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
Carvana	1.54%	36.59%	1.79%
JD.com	3.12%	14.53%	6.71%

Does the media favor CVNA or JD?

In the previous week, Carvana had 10 more articles in the media than JD.com. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Carvana and 36 mentions for JD.com. Carvana's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat JD.com's score of 0.80 indicating that Carvana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Carvana	25 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
JD.com	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CVNA or JD?

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
Carvana	$14.84B	4.35	$450M	$2.85	105.92
JD.com	$1.20T	0.04	$3.40B	$4.11	8.26

Which has more volatility & risk, CVNA or JD?

Carvana has a beta of 3.61, suggesting that its stock price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD.com has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVNA or JD?

JD.com received 465 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote while only 58.51% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Carvana	Outperform Votes 574 58.51%	Underperform Votes 407 41.49%
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1039 67.25%	Underperform Votes 506 32.75%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CVNA or JD?

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

Do analysts rate CVNA or JD?

Carvana presently has a consensus price target of $269.18, suggesting a potential downside of 10.83%. JD.com has a consensus price target of $47.42, suggesting a potential upside of 39.67%. Given JD.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe JD.com is more favorable than Carvana.

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

Summary

JD.com beats Carvana on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.