Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) Competitors

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) and Covetrus (NASDAQ:CVET) are both mid-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WBA or CVET?

Walgreens Boots Alliance received 1046 more outperform votes than Covetrus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Walgreens Boots Alliance an outperform vote while only 54.17% of users gave Covetrus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Walgreens Boots Alliance	Outperform Votes 1163 65.52%	Underperform Votes 612 34.48%
Covetrus	Outperform Votes 117 54.17%	Underperform Votes 99 45.83%

Does the media prefer WBA or CVET?

In the previous week, Walgreens Boots Alliance had 12 more articles in the media than Covetrus. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Walgreens Boots Alliance and 0 mentions for Covetrus. Walgreens Boots Alliance's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Covetrus' score of 0.00 indicating that Walgreens Boots Alliance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Walgreens Boots Alliance	Positive
Covetrus	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WBA or CVET?

Covetrus has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Walgreens Boots Alliance. Covetrus is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walgreens Boots Alliance, 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
Walgreens Boots Alliance	$147.66B	0.05	-$8.64B	-$10.01	-0.85
Covetrus	$4.58B	0.64	-$54M	-$0.10	-209.90

Do analysts prefer WBA or CVET?

Walgreens Boots Alliance currently has a consensus target price of $12.88, suggesting a potential upside of 51.94%. Given Walgreens Boots Alliance's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Walgreens Boots Alliance is more favorable than Covetrus.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Walgreens Boots Alliance	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.87
Covetrus	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is WBA or CVET more profitable?

Covetrus has a net margin of -0.28% compared to Walgreens Boots Alliance's net margin of -5.85%. Walgreens Boots Alliance's return on equity of 14.23% beat Covetrus' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Walgreens Boots Alliance	-5.85%	14.23%	2.88%
Covetrus	-0.28%	6.83%	3.01%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WBA or CVET?

58.6% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.2% of Covetrus shares are held by institutional investors. 17.4% of Walgreens Boots Alliance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Covetrus shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, WBA or CVET?

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Covetrus has a beta of 1.51, meaning that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Walgreens Boots Alliance beats Covetrus on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.