trivago (TRVG) Competitors

Global Blue Group (NYSE:GB) and trivago (NASDAQ:TRVG) are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Do analysts prefer GB or TRVG?

Global Blue Group currently has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.86%. trivago has a consensus price target of $2.55, suggesting a potential downside of 36.66%. Given Global Blue Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Global Blue Group is more favorable than trivago.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Blue Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
trivago	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Does the media favor GB or TRVG?

In the previous week, Global Blue Group had 13 more articles in the media than trivago. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Global Blue Group and 1 mentions for trivago. trivago's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Global Blue Group's score of 0.34 indicating that trivago is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Global Blue Group	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
trivago	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, GB or TRVG?

Global Blue Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than trivago. trivago is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Blue Group, 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
Global Blue Group	$464.36M	3.14	$15.12M	$0.21	34.79
trivago	$498.74M	0.56	-$25.64M	-$0.01	-402.60

Is GB or TRVG more profitable?

Global Blue Group has a net margin of 10.29% compared to trivago's net margin of -5.20%. Global Blue Group's return on equity of 44.01% beat trivago's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Blue Group	10.29%	44.01%	3.34%
trivago	-5.20%	0.09%	0.06%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GB or TRVG?

89.7% of Global Blue Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.5% of trivago shares are held by institutional investors. 5.2% of Global Blue Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of trivago shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, GB or TRVG?

Global Blue Group has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, trivago has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GB or TRVG?

trivago received 315 more outperform votes than Global Blue Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Global Blue Group an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave trivago an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Global Blue Group	Outperform Votes 3 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
trivago	Outperform Votes 318 59.55%	Underperform Votes 216 40.45%

Summary

Global Blue Group beats trivago on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.