Weibo (WB) Competitors

Tripadvisor (NASDAQ:TRIP) and Weibo (NASDAQ:WB) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in TRIP or WB?

99.0% of Tripadvisor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.8% of Weibo shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Tripadvisor shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 41.3% of Weibo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is TRIP or WB more profitable?

Weibo has a net margin of 18.52% compared to Tripadvisor's net margin of 1.98%. Weibo's return on equity of 11.01% beat Tripadvisor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tripadvisor	1.98%	10.37%	3.36%
Weibo	18.52%	11.01%	5.16%

Do analysts recommend TRIP or WB?

Tripadvisor presently has a consensus price target of $18.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.52%. Weibo has a consensus price target of $10.23, suggesting a potential upside of 22.55%. Given Tripadvisor's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tripadvisor is more favorable than Weibo.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tripadvisor	3 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Weibo	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk and volatility, TRIP or WB?

Tripadvisor has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weibo has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TRIP or WB?

Tripadvisor received 431 more outperform votes than Weibo when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.93% of users gave Weibo an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave Tripadvisor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tripadvisor	Outperform Votes 1050 57.22%	Underperform Votes 785 42.78%
Weibo	Outperform Votes 619 68.93%	Underperform Votes 279 31.07%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TRIP or WB?

Weibo has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Tripadvisor. Weibo 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	$1.79B	1.08	$10M	$0.23	60.61
Weibo	$1.76B	1.11	$342.60M	$1.28	6.52

Does the media favor TRIP or WB?

In the previous week, Tripadvisor had 4 more articles in the media than Weibo. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Tripadvisor and 5 mentions for Weibo. Tripadvisor's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Weibo's score of 0.59 indicating that Tripadvisor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tripadvisor	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weibo	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tripadvisor beats Weibo on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.