Wayfair (W) Competitors

Albertsons Companies (NYSE:ACI) and Wayfair (NYSE:W) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer ACI or W?

Albertsons Companies presently has a consensus target price of $23.38, suggesting a potential upside of 6.78%. Wayfair has a consensus target price of $50.28, suggesting a potential upside of 69.69%. Given Wayfair's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Wayfair is more favorable than Albertsons Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Albertsons Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54
Wayfair	0 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.46

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ACI or W?

Albertsons Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Wayfair. Wayfair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Albertsons Companies, 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
Albertsons Companies	$80.39B	0.16	$1.30B	$1.64	13.35
Wayfair	$11.85B	0.32	-$738M	-$4.02	-7.37

Which has more risk & volatility, ACI or W?

Albertsons Companies has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wayfair has a beta of 3.72, indicating that its stock price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer ACI or W?

In the previous week, Wayfair had 36 more articles in the media than Albertsons Companies. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for Wayfair and 20 mentions for Albertsons Companies. Albertsons Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Wayfair's score of 0.51 indicating that Albertsons Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Albertsons Companies	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Wayfair	22 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ACI or W?

71.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.7% of Wayfair shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Albertsons Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 21.9% of Wayfair shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is ACI or W more profitable?

Albertsons Companies has a net margin of 1.30% compared to Wayfair's net margin of -4.15%. Albertsons Companies' return on equity of 44.70% beat Wayfair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Albertsons Companies	1.30%	44.70%	5.10%
Wayfair	-4.15%	N/A	-11.45%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ACI or W?

Wayfair received 753 more outperform votes than Albertsons Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.03% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote while only 49.04% of users gave Albertsons Companies an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Albertsons Companies	Outperform Votes 77 49.04%	Underperform Votes 80 50.96%
Wayfair	Outperform Votes 830 61.03%	Underperform Votes 530 38.97%

Summary

Wayfair beats Albertsons Companies on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.