AMZN vs. NFLX, BKNG, EXPE, TRIP, GRPN, FLWS, PETS, PRTS, CPNG, and CDW
Should you be buying Amazon.com stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Amazon.com include Netflix (NFLX), Booking (BKNG), Expedia Group (EXPE), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Groupon (GRPN), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), PetMed Express (PETS), CarParts.com (PRTS), Coupang (CPNG), and CDW (CDW).
Amazon.com vs.
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk and dividends.
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Netflix shares are held by institutional investors. 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Netflix shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Netflix has a net margin of 22.34% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 9.29%. Netflix's return on equity of 38.32% beat Amazon.com's return on equity.
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Netflix has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Amazon.com received 1889 more outperform votes than Netflix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.93% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.
Amazon.com currently has a consensus target price of $260.65, suggesting a potential upside of 29.45%. Netflix has a consensus target price of $1,021.02, suggesting a potential upside of 4.54%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Netflix.
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Netflix. Amazon.com is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Netflix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 82 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 204 mentions for Amazon.com and 122 mentions for Netflix. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Netflix's score of 0.90 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Amazon.com and Netflix tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AMZN) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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