Tripadvisor (TRIP) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend GRPN or TRIP?

Groupon presently has a consensus target price of $18.75, indicating a potential downside of 27.93%. Tripadvisor has a consensus target price of $17.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.47%. 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)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Tripadvisor	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	$492.56M	2.10	-$55.41M	-$0.95	-27.39
Tripadvisor	$1.84B	1.18	$10M	$0.37	41.82

Which has more risk & volatility, GRPN or TRIP?

Groupon has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GRPN or TRIP?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 15 more articles in the media than Groupon. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Tripadvisor and 23 mentions for Groupon. Tripadvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Groupon's score of 0.72 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Groupon	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tripadvisor	13 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRPN or TRIP?

Tripadvisor received 130 more outperform votes than Groupon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.94% of users gave Groupon an outperform vote while only 56.83% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Groupon	Outperform Votes 923 58.94%	Underperform Votes 643 41.06%
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1053 56.83%	Underperform Votes 800 43.17%

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%

Summary

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