ULTA vs. JD, QSR, BLDR, DECK, EBAY, DLTR, TSCO, WSM, DRI, and EXPE
Should you be buying Ulta Beauty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ulta Beauty include JD.com (JD), Restaurant Brands International (QSR), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Deckers Outdoor (DECK), eBay (EBAY), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Williams-Sonoma (WSM), Darden Restaurants (DRI), and Expedia Group (EXPE). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ:ULTA) 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 analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends and risk.
JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Ulta Beauty. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ulta Beauty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ulta Beauty had 10 more articles in the media than JD.com. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ulta Beauty and 23 mentions for JD.com. JD.com's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ulta Beauty's score of 0.63 indicating that Ulta Beauty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ulta Beauty has a net margin of 11.52% compared to Ulta Beauty's net margin of 2.22%. JD.com's return on equity of 61.64% beat Ulta Beauty's return on equity.
JD.com presently has a consensus price target of $39.64, suggesting a potential upside of 45.59%. Ulta Beauty has a consensus price target of $577.70, suggesting a potential upside of 12.50%. Given Ulta Beauty's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Ulta Beauty.
Ulta Beauty received 262 more outperform votes than JD.com when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.43% of users gave Ulta Beauty an outperform vote while only 66.87% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote.
16.0% of JD.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Ulta Beauty shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
JD.com has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ulta Beauty has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ulta Beauty beats JD.com on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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