AO World (AO) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, ROO or AO?

AO World has higher revenue and earnings than Deliveroo. 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
Deliveroo	£283.19M	6.46	£7.28M	£0.49	251.35
AO World	£1.03B	0.55	£25.59M	£4.39	22.37

Is ROO or AO more profitable?

Deliveroo has a net margin of 2.57% compared to AO World's net margin of 2.48%. AO World's return on equity of 18.96% beat Deliveroo's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Deliveroo	2.57%	10.34%	-0.96%
AO World	2.48%	18.96%	5.02%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ROO or AO?

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

Which has more risk & volatility, ROO or AO?

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

Does the media favor ROO or AO?

In the previous week, AO World had 2 more articles in the media than Deliveroo. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for AO World and 3 mentions for Deliveroo. AO World's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Deliveroo's score of 0.63 indicating that AO World is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Deliveroo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AO World	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ROO or AO?

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

Do analysts recommend ROO or AO?

Deliveroo presently has a consensus price target of GBX 202, suggesting a potential upside of 63.43%. AO World has a consensus price target of GBX 115, suggesting a potential upside of 17.23%. Given Deliveroo's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Deliveroo is more favorable than AO World.

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

Summary

AO World beats Deliveroo on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.