KR vs. CPNG, YUM, FAST, ROST, DG, TSCO, AZO, JD, EBAY, and DLTR
Should you be buying Kroger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kroger include Coupang (CPNG), Yum! Brands (YUM), Fastenal (FAST), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), Tractor Supply (TSCO), AutoZone (AZO), JD.com (JD), eBay (EBAY), and Dollar Tree (DLTR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Kroger (NYSE:KR) and Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Kroger has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coupang has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its share price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kroger received 1066 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.07% of users gave Kroger an outperform vote while only 47.69% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.
Coupang has a net margin of 4.96% compared to Kroger's net margin of 1.44%. Kroger's return on equity of 31.44% beat Coupang's return on equity.
80.9% of Kroger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Coupang shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Kroger shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.9% of Coupang shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Kroger had 1 more articles in the media than Coupang. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Kroger and 25 mentions for Coupang. Coupang's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Kroger's score of 0.44 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kroger presently has a consensus price target of $55.17, indicating a potential upside of 1.78%. Coupang has a consensus price target of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Given Coupang's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Coupang is more favorable than Kroger.
Kroger has higher revenue and earnings than Coupang. Kroger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coupang, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Coupang beats Kroger on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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