AMZN vs. NFLX, BKNG, EXPE, TRIP, FLWS, GRPN, PETS, PRTS, CDW, and VIPS
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), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Groupon (GRPN), PetMed Express (PETS), CarParts.com (PRTS), CDW (CDW), and Vipshop (VIPS).
Amazon.com vs.
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
In the previous week, Amazon.com had 95 more articles in the media than Netflix. MarketBeat recorded 234 mentions for Amazon.com and 139 mentions for Netflix. Netflix's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.97 indicating that Netflix is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Netflix presently has a consensus price target of $1,021.70, indicating a potential downside of 0.28%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $260.74, indicating a potential upside of 16.99%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Netflix.
Netflix has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 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.
80.9% of Netflix shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Netflix shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Amazon.com received 1890 more outperform votes than Netflix when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.92% of users gave Netflix an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Amazon.com an outperform vote.
Summary
Netflix beats Amazon.com on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:AMZN) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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