KR vs. JD, CPNG, FAST, YUM, ROST, DG, AZO, DLTR, TSCO, and EBAY
Should you be buying Kroger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kroger include JD.com (JD), Coupang (CPNG), 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.
JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) and Kroger (NYSE:KR) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends and analyst recommendations.
JD.com has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kroger has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
JD.com currently has a consensus price target of $36.67, suggesting a potential upside of 44.02%. Kroger has a consensus price target of $55.17, suggesting a potential downside of 0.73%. Given Kroger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe JD.com is more favorable than Kroger.
In the previous week, JD.com had 13 more articles in the media than Kroger. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for JD.com and 31 mentions for Kroger. JD.com's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Kroger's score of 0.34 indicating that Kroger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
JD.com has higher revenue and earnings than Kroger. JD.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kroger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
16.0% of JD.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Kroger shares are held by institutional investors. 16.6% of JD.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Kroger shares are held 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.
JD.com has a net margin of 2.22% compared to JD.com's net margin of 1.44%. JD.com's return on equity of 31.44% beat Kroger's return on equity.
JD.com pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Kroger pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. JD.com pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kroger pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. JD.com has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Kroger has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. JD.com is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kroger received 105 more outperform votes than JD.com when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave JD.com an outperform vote while only 65.02% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote.
Summary
JD.com beats Kroger on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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