WBA vs. CVET, RAD, CVS, YI, PETS, CJJD, AZO, JD, ROST, and CPNG
Should you be buying Walgreens Boots Alliance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Walgreens Boots Alliance include Covetrus (CVET), Rite Aid (RAD), CVS Health (CVS), 111 (YI), PetMed Express (PETS), China Jo-Jo Drugstores (CJJD), AutoZone (AZO), JD.com (JD), Ross Stores (ROST), and Coupang (CPNG).
Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) and Covetrus (NASDAQ:CVET) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
Covetrus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walgreens Boots Alliance. Covetrus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walgreens Boots Alliance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Covetrus has a net margin of -0.28% compared to Walgreens Boots Alliance's net margin of -4.18%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's return on equity of 12.11% beat Covetrus' return on equity.
Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covetrus has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Walgreens Boots Alliance presently has a consensus price target of $23.86, indicating a potential upside of 47.08%. Given Walgreens Boots Alliance's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Walgreens Boots Alliance is more favorable than Covetrus.
In the previous week, Walgreens Boots Alliance had 30 more articles in the media than Covetrus. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance and 0 mentions for Covetrus. Walgreens Boots Alliance's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Covetrus' score of 0.00 indicating that Walgreens Boots Alliance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Walgreens Boots Alliance received 1041 more outperform votes than Covetrus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.06% of users gave Walgreens Boots Alliance an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Covetrus an outperform vote.
58.6% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Covetrus shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.4% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Covetrus shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Walgreens Boots Alliance beats Covetrus on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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