Wayfair (W) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, CHWY or W?

Chewy has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wayfair has a beta of 2.94, indicating that its share price is 194% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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. 0.4% of Chewy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Wayfair shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHWY or W?

Wayfair received 555 more outperform votes than Chewy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.96% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote while only 56.63% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chewy	Outperform Votes 282 56.63%	Underperform Votes 216 43.37%
Wayfair	Outperform Votes 837 60.96%	Underperform Votes 536 39.04%

Which has higher earnings and 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	1.62	$39.58M	$0.89	52.13
Wayfair	$11.85B	0.51	-$738M	-$2.85	-16.64

Do analysts rate CHWY or W?

Chewy presently has a consensus price target of $41.22, indicating a potential downside of 11.16%. Wayfair has a consensus price target of $43.83, indicating a potential downside of 7.56%. Given Wayfair's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wayfair is more favorable than Chewy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Wayfair	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

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%

Does the media favor CHWY or W?

In the previous week, Chewy had 4 more articles in the media than Wayfair. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Chewy and 25 mentions for Wayfair. Chewy's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Wayfair's score of 0.35 indicating that Chewy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chewy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Wayfair	3 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Chewy beats Wayfair on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.