Carvana (CVNA) Competitors

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

Is JD or CVNA more profitable?

JD.com has a net margin of 3.12% compared to Carvana's net margin of 1.54%. Carvana's return on equity of 36.59% beat JD.com's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
JD.com	3.12%	14.53%	6.71%
Carvana	1.54%	36.59%	1.79%

Does the media refer more to JD or CVNA?

In the previous week, JD.com and JD.com both had 18 articles in the media. Carvana's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat JD.com's score of 0.86 indicating that Carvana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
JD.com	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Carvana	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, JD or CVNA?

JD.com has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Carvana has a beta of 3.61, indicating that its stock price is 261% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate JD or CVNA?

JD.com presently has a consensus target price of $49.27, suggesting a potential upside of 51.05%. Carvana has a consensus target price of $254.76, suggesting a potential upside of 4.34%. Given JD.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe JD.com is more favorable than Carvana.

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
Carvana	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better valuation & earnings, JD or CVNA?

JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Carvana. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, 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
Carvana	$13.67B	3.81	$450M	$1.57	155.52

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in JD or CVNA?

16.0% of JD.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.7% of Carvana shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of Carvana shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor JD or CVNA?

JD.com received 472 more outperform votes than Carvana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.29% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
JD.com	Outperform Votes 1037 67.29%	Underperform Votes 504 32.71%
Carvana	Outperform Votes 565 58.25%	Underperform Votes 405 41.75%

Summary

JD.com beats Carvana on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.