CPNG vs. KR, JD, FAST, YUM, ROST, DG, AZO, DLTR, TSCO, and EBAY
Should you be buying Coupang stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coupang include Kroger (KR), JD.com (JD), Fastenal (FAST), Yum! Brands (YUM), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), AutoZone (AZO), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Tractor Supply (TSCO), and eBay (EBAY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kroger (NYSE:KR) and Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) 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 earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Coupang. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coupang, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kroger currently has a consensus price target of $55.17, indicating a potential downside of 0.56%. Coupang has a consensus price target of $22.42, indicating a potential downside of 2.45%. Given Coupang's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Kroger is more favorable than Coupang.
In the previous week, Kroger had 40 more articles in the media than Coupang. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Kroger and 12 mentions for Coupang. Kroger's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Coupang's score of 0.52 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kroger has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coupang has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
80.9% of Kroger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Coupang shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kroger shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Coupang shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kroger received 1069 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.
Coupang has a net margin of 5.57% compared to Coupang's net margin of 1.44%. Coupang's return on equity of 31.44% beat Kroger's return on equity.
Summary
Kroger beats Coupang on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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