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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group received 371 more outperform votes than Tripadvisor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.57% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 56.95% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Expedia Group	Outperform Votes 1424 63.57%	Underperform Votes 816 36.43%
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1053 56.95%	Underperform Votes 796 43.05%

Do analysts rate EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group currently has a consensus target price of $191.43, indicating a potential upside of 28.28%. Tripadvisor has a consensus target price of $17.29, indicating a potential upside of 47.61%. Given Tripadvisor's higher possible 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 higher earnings and valuation, 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	1.40	$1.23B	$9.05	16.49
Tripadvisor	$1.84B	0.90	$10M	$0.02	585.50

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, EXPE or TRIP?

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in EXPE or TRIP?

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are held by institutional investors. 6.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Tripadvisor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor EXPE or TRIP?

In the previous week, Expedia Group had 21 more articles in the media than Tripadvisor. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Expedia Group and 14 mentions for Tripadvisor. Expedia Group's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Tripadvisor's score of 1.10 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	24 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tripadvisor	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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