GRPN vs. FLWS, DIN, HZO, WOOF, SPTN, JMIA, CURV, MOV, BIGC, and PTLO
Should you be buying Groupon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Groupon include 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Dine Brands Global (DIN), MarineMax (HZO), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), SpartanNash (SPTN), Jumia Technologies (JMIA), Torrid (CURV), Movado Group (MOV), BigCommerce (BIGC), and Portillo's (PTLO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Groupon (NASDAQ:GRPN) and 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Groupon received 428 more outperform votes than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.81% of users gave 1-800-FLOWERS.COM an outperform vote while only 58.79% of users gave Groupon an outperform vote.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a net margin of -0.42% compared to Groupon's net margin of -7.46%. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's return on equity of 3.27% beat Groupon's return on equity.
Groupon currently has a consensus target price of $12.38, indicating a potential downside of 28.39%. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 9.27%. Given 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is more favorable than Groupon.
In the previous week, Groupon had 2 more articles in the media than 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Groupon and 1 mentions for 1-800-FLOWERS.COM. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Groupon's score of 0.33 indicating that 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
90.1% of Groupon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.4% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by institutional investors. 35.7% of Groupon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 49.8% of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
1-800-FLOWERS.COM has higher revenue and earnings than Groupon. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Groupon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Groupon has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
1-800-FLOWERS.COM beats Groupon on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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