Wayfair (W) Competitors

Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) and Wayfair (NYSE:W) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is CHWY or W more profitable?

Chewy has a net margin of 3.51% compared to Wayfair's net margin of -4.15%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat Wayfair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chewy	3.51%	24.47%	3.66%
Wayfair	-4.15%	N/A	-11.45%

Do analysts prefer CHWY or W?

Chewy currently has a consensus price target of $38.47, indicating a potential downside of 12.74%. Wayfair has a consensus price target of $43.83, indicating a potential upside of 15.09%. Given Wayfair's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Wayfair is more favorable than Chewy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Wayfair	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52

Which has more risk and volatility, CHWY or W?

Chewy has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wayfair has a beta of 2.93, suggesting that its stock price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CHWY or W?

In the previous week, Wayfair had 37 more articles in the media than Chewy. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for Wayfair and 26 mentions for Chewy. Chewy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Wayfair's score of 0.52 indicating that Chewy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chewy	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wayfair	20 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CHWY or W?

Chewy has higher revenue and earnings than Wayfair. Wayfair 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
Chewy	$11.86B	1.54	$39.58M	$0.89	49.54
Wayfair	$11.85B	0.41	-$738M	-$2.85	-13.36

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CHWY or W?

93.1% of Chewy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Wayfair shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Chewy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Wayfair shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHWY or W?

Wayfair received 556 more outperform votes than Chewy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.93% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote while only 56.80% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chewy	Outperform Votes 280 56.80%	Underperform Votes 213 43.20%
Wayfair	Outperform Votes 836 60.93%	Underperform Votes 536 39.07%

Summary

Chewy beats Wayfair on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.