JD vs. ULTA, ORLY, CMG, AZO, TGT, MELI, YUM, ROST, DG, and KR
Should you be buying JD.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of JD.com include Ulta Beauty (ULTA), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), AutoZone (AZO), Target (TGT), MercadoLibre (MELI), Yum! Brands (YUM), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), and Kroger (KR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
JD.com vs.
Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 11.98% compared to JD.com's net margin of 1.87%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 65.62% beat JD.com's return on equity.
Ulta Beauty received 252 more outperform votes than JD.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote while only 67.38% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.
Ulta Beauty currently has a consensus target price of $547.21, suggesting a potential upside of 29.17%. JD.com has a consensus target price of $60.17, suggesting a potential upside of 64.48%. Given JD.com's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
90.5% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, JD.com has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Ulta Beauty. Ulta Beauty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than JD.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, JD.com had 3 more articles in the media than Ulta Beauty. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for JD.com and 12 mentions for Ulta Beauty. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat JD.com's score of 0.48 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats JD.com on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding JD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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