GME vs. AMZN, CLOV, GOOGL, HOOD, PLTR, TSLA, AMC, BB, BBBY, and CHWY
Should you be buying GameStop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GameStop include Amazon.com (AMZN), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Alphabet (GOOGL), Robinhood Markets (HOOD), Palantir Technologies (PLTR), Tesla (TSLA), AMC Entertainment (AMC), BlackBerry (BB), Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), and Chewy (CHWY).
GameStop vs. Its Competitors
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and GameStop (NYSE:GME) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GameStop has a beta of -0.86, meaning that its stock price is 186% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than GameStop. GameStop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 226 more articles in the media than GameStop. MarketBeat recorded 247 mentions for Amazon.com and 21 mentions for GameStop. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat GameStop's score of 0.33 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to GameStop's net margin of 9.41%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat GameStop's return on equity.
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.2% of GameStop shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of GameStop 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.
Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $266.26, indicating a potential upside of 20.05%. GameStop has a consensus price target of $13.50, indicating a potential downside of 44.49%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than GameStop.
Summary
Amazon.com beats GameStop on 17 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GME 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 NYSE 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.
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This page (NYSE:GME) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
