Groupon (GRPN) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Groupon has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor received 131 more outperform votes than Groupon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.95% of users gave Groupon an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1053 56.98%	Underperform Votes 795 43.02%
Groupon	Outperform Votes 922 58.95%	Underperform Votes 642 41.05%

Do analysts recommend TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor currently has a consensus target price of $17.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.01%. Groupon has a consensus target price of $17.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.86%. Given Tripadvisor's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Groupon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tripadvisor	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.93
Groupon	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TRIP or GRPN?

Tripadvisor has higher revenue and earnings than Groupon. Groupon 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
Tripadvisor	$1.84B	1.14	$10M	$0.02	744.50
Groupon	$492.56M	1.38	-$55.41M	-$1.45	-11.79

Is TRIP or GRPN more profitable?

Groupon has a net margin of 3.87% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of 0.33%. Groupon's return on equity of 91.94% beat Tripadvisor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tripadvisor	0.33%	9.02%	2.98%
Groupon	3.87%	91.94%	3.31%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TRIP or GRPN?

99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.1% of Groupon shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tripadvisor shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 31.9% of Groupon shares are owned 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.

Does the media favor TRIP or GRPN?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 1 more articles in the media than Groupon. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Tripadvisor and 11 mentions for Groupon. Groupon's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Tripadvisor's score of 0.55 indicating that Groupon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tripadvisor	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Groupon	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Groupon beats Tripadvisor on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.