Chewy (CHWY) Competitors

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

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, JD or CHWY?

JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Chewy. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, 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
JD.com	$1.16T	0.04	$3.40B	$3.75	8.70
Chewy	$11.86B	1.31	$39.58M	$0.89	42.21

Is JD or CHWY more profitable?

Chewy has a net margin of 3.51% compared to JD.com's net margin of 3.12%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat JD.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JD.com	3.12%	14.53%	6.71%
Chewy	3.51%	24.47%	3.66%

Do analysts rate JD or CHWY?

JD.com presently has a consensus price target of $49.27, suggesting a potential upside of 51.05%. Chewy has a consensus price target of $38.47, suggesting a potential upside of 2.41%. Given JD.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Chewy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
JD.com	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74

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

16.0% of JD.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Chewy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chewy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, JD or CHWY?

JD.com has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chewy has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer JD or CHWY?

In the previous week, JD.com had 7 more articles in the media than Chewy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for JD.com and 16 mentions for Chewy. Chewy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat JD.com's score of 0.84 indicating that Chewy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JD.com	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chewy	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JD or CHWY?

JD.com received 757 more outperform votes than Chewy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1037 67.29%	Underperform Votes 504 32.71%
Chewy	Outperform Votes 280 56.80%	Underperform Votes 213 43.20%

Summary

JD.com beats Chewy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.