AO World (AO) Competitors

AO World (LON:AO) and Deliveroo (LON:ROO) are both consumer cyclical companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AO or ROO?

AO World received 327 more outperform votes than Deliveroo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.17% of users gave AO World an outperform vote while only 27.27% of users gave Deliveroo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AO World	Outperform Votes 342 64.17%	Underperform Votes 191 35.83%
Deliveroo	Outperform Votes 15 27.27%	Underperform Votes 40 72.73%

Do analysts prefer AO or ROO?

AO World presently has a consensus price target of GBX 115, indicating a potential upside of 11.43%. Deliveroo has a consensus price target of GBX 165.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.15%. Given Deliveroo's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Deliveroo is more favorable than AO World.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AO World	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Deliveroo	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more volatility and risk, AO or ROO?

AO World has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Deliveroo has a beta of 0.43, indicating that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AO or ROO?

42.1% of AO World shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Deliveroo shares are held by institutional investors. 47.1% of AO World shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Deliveroo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AO or ROO?

Deliveroo has higher revenue and earnings than AO World. AO World is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Deliveroo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AO World	£1.04B	0.58	£24.70M	£0.04	2,580.00
Deliveroo	£2.04B	1.08	£49.90M	£0.03	4,756.67

Is AO or ROO more profitable?

Deliveroo has a net margin of 2.57% compared to AO World's net margin of 2.38%. AO World's return on equity of 20.29% beat Deliveroo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AO World	2.38%	20.29%	5.02%
Deliveroo	2.57%	8.17%	-0.96%

Does the media refer more to AO or ROO?

In the previous week, Deliveroo had 3 more articles in the media than AO World. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Deliveroo and 1 mentions for AO World. AO World's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Deliveroo's score of -0.11 indicating that AO World is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AO World	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Deliveroo	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

AO World beats Deliveroo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.