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WMT vs. AMZN, COST, GOOGL, ROST, DG, HD, KR, LOW, TGT, and PSMT

Should you be buying Walmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walmart include Amazon.com (AMZN), Costco Wholesale (COST), Alphabet (GOOGL), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), Home Depot (HD), Kroger (KR), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Target (TGT), and PriceSmart (PSMT).

Walmart vs. Its Competitors

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Walmart's net margin of 3.08%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Walmart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walmart3.08% 21.45% 7.68%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Walmart shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 115 more articles in the media than Walmart. MarketBeat recorded 219 mentions for Amazon.com and 104 mentions for Walmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Amazon.com's score of 1.05 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walmart
85 Very Positive mention(s)
12 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
147 Very Positive mention(s)
35 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amazon.com has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walmart. Amazon.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walmart$693.15B1.17$19.44B$2.6638.36
Amazon.com$670.04B3.50$59.25B$6.5633.55

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Amazon.com pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Walmart pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Amazon.com pays out 3.0% 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. Walmart has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. Walmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $112.38, suggesting a potential upside of 10.14%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $266.26, suggesting a potential upside of 20.99%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Walmart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walmart
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
30 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.97
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
47 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.04

Walmart has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Walmart on 15 of the 20 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 WMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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WMT vs. The Competition

MetricWalmartRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$813.51B$83.55B$27.07B$21.70B
Dividend Yield0.92%2.31%172.56%3.64%
P/E Ratio38.3615.4919.2729.62
Price / Sales1.170.439.3995.22
Price / Cash24.638.2716.8517.79
Price / Book8.412.815.084.63
Net Income$19.44B$2.46B$911.72M$1.01B
7 Day Performance-0.65%-0.83%-2.47%-1.84%
1 Month Performance-1.40%0.04%-1.93%0.55%
1 Year Performance27.38%13.77%13.25%13.43%

Walmart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMT
Walmart
4.5462 of 5 stars
$102.04
+0.2%
$112.38
+10.1%
+27.2%$813.51B$693.15B38.362,100,000Positive News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8439 of 5 stars
$221.56
+0.9%
$266.26
+20.2%
+14.6%$2.36T$637.96B33.771,556,000Trending News
Options Volume
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.7349 of 5 stars
$907.41
-0.9%
$1,067.19
+17.6%
+4.6%$402.41B$275.24B49.83333,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6216 of 5 stars
$250.87
+2.2%
$240.76
-4.0%
+44.9%$3.03T$350.02B26.72183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
ROST
Ross Stores
4.4255 of 5 stars
$152.68
+0.0%
$160.67
+5.2%
+3.0%$49.66B$21.50B24.24107,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
DG
Dollar General
4.4497 of 5 stars
$98.69
-1.5%
$115.48
+17.0%
+20.5%$21.75B$40.61B18.30194,200Positive News
HD
Home Depot
4.719 of 5 stars
$388.89
-1.6%
$436.40
+12.2%
-8.7%$386.99B$159.51B26.41520,700Positive News
KR
Kroger
4.256 of 5 stars
$64.75
-2.3%
$73.63
+13.7%
+22.6%$42.90B$147.12B16.43409,000
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.8518 of 5 stars
$242.56
-1.5%
$285.50
+17.7%
-15.8%$136.10B$83.61B19.94270,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
TGT
Target
4.9136 of 5 stars
$89.38
+0.4%
$109.71
+22.7%
-45.9%$40.63B$106.57B10.42440,000Analyst Forecast
PSMT
PriceSmart
1.4058 of 5 stars
$123.64
+0.3%
N/A+30.1%$3.79B$5.17B26.0212,000

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