CTRP vs. TJX, SBUX, CMG, MELI, CVS, TGT, ORLY, AZO, ROST, and JD
Should you be buying Ctrip.Com International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ctrip.Com International include TJX Companies (TJX), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), MercadoLibre (MELI), CVS Health (CVS), Target (TGT), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), AutoZone (AZO), Ross Stores (ROST), and JD.com (JD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) and Ctrip.Com International (NASDAQ:CTRP) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
TJX Companies has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ctrip.Com International has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TJX Companies had 29 more articles in the media than Ctrip.Com International. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for TJX Companies and 0 mentions for Ctrip.Com International. Ctrip.Com International's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat TJX Companies' score of 0.00 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
91.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Ctrip.Com International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.0% of Ctrip.Com International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TJX Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Ctrip.Com International. TJX Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ctrip.Com International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TJX Companies has a net margin of 8.47% compared to TJX Companies' net margin of 5.79%. Ctrip.Com International's return on equity of 64.26% beat TJX Companies' return on equity.
TJX Companies presently has a consensus target price of $110.05, indicating a potential upside of 6.74%. Given Ctrip.Com International's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TJX Companies is more favorable than Ctrip.Com International.
TJX Companies received 408 more outperform votes than Ctrip.Com International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 71.42% of users gave Ctrip.Com International an outperform vote.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ctrip.Com International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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