Expedia Group (EXPE) Competitors

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EXPE or TRIP?

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.8% of Expedia Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EXPE or TRIP more profitable?

Expedia Group has a net margin of 9.01% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of 0.33%. Expedia Group's return on equity of 52.41% beat Tripadvisor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expedia Group	9.01%	52.41%	5.23%
Tripadvisor	0.33%	9.02%	2.98%

Do analysts recommend EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group presently has a consensus price target of $193.43, suggesting a potential upside of 14.41%. Tripadvisor has a consensus price target of $17.57, suggesting a potential upside of 19.70%. Given Tripadvisor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Expedia Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	0 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52
Tripadvisor	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than Tripadvisor. Expedia Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tripadvisor, 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
Expedia Group	$13.69B	1.59	$1.23B	$9.05	18.68
Tripadvisor	$1.84B	1.12	$10M	$0.02	734.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group received 371 more outperform votes than Tripadvisor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.63% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Expedia Group	Outperform Votes 1424 63.63%	Underperform Votes 814 36.37%
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1053 56.98%	Underperform Votes 795 43.02%

Which has more volatility and risk, EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to EXPE or TRIP?

In the previous week, Expedia Group had 12 more articles in the media than Tripadvisor. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Expedia Group and 6 mentions for Tripadvisor. Expedia Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Tripadvisor's score of 0.91 indicating that Expedia Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Expedia Group	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tripadvisor	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Expedia Group beats Tripadvisor on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.