MTCH vs. TRIP, W, CAVA, LEVI, GPS, TPX, FIVE, FBIN, SFM, and MNSO
Should you be buying Match Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Match Group include Tripadvisor (TRIP), Wayfair (W), CAVA Group (CAVA), Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI), GAP (GPS), Tempur Sealy International (TPX), Five Below (FIVE), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), and MINISO Group (MNSO). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Match Group (NASDAQ:MTCH) and Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Match Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.
94.1% of Match Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Match Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Match Group had 9 more articles in the media than Tripadvisor. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Match Group and 8 mentions for Tripadvisor. Match Group's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Tripadvisor's score of 0.36 indicating that Match Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Match Group currently has a consensus target price of $42.43, indicating a potential upside of 35.94%. Tripadvisor has a consensus target price of $22.18, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Given Match Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Match Group is more favorable than Tripadvisor.
Match Group has a net margin of 19.03% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of 1.32%. Tripadvisor's return on equity of 12.03% beat Match Group's return on equity.
Match Group has higher revenue and earnings than Tripadvisor. Match Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tripadvisor, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tripadvisor received 446 more outperform votes than Match Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.19% of users gave Match Group an outperform vote while only 57.84% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.
Summary
Match Group beats Tripadvisor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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