ULTA vs. JD, YUMC, CPNG, TSCO, WBA, EBAY, FAST, DLTR, QSR, and DRI
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include JD.com (JD), Yum China (YUMC), Coupang (CPNG), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), eBay (EBAY), Fastenal (FAST), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), and Darden Restaurants (DRI). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ulta Beauty vs.
JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
JD.com currently has a consensus price target of $73.00, indicating a potential upside of 75.69%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $558.08, indicating a potential upside of 4.94%. Given JD.com's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
17.7% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Ulta Beauty shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 12.17% compared to JD.com's net margin of 0.94%. Ulta Beauty's return on equity of 67.19% beat JD.com's return on equity.
Ulta Beauty received 251 more outperform votes than JD.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.51% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote while only 67.90% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.
JD.com has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more 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, Ulta Beauty had 28 more articles in the media than JD.com. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 7 mentions for JD.com. Ulta Beauty's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat JD.com's score of 0.61 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats JD.com on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ULTA 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.
Ulta Beauty Competitors List
