BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) Competitors

Coupang (NYSE:CPNG) and BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CPNG or BJ?

83.7% of Coupang shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.6% of Coupang shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is CPNG or BJ more profitable?

Coupang has a net margin of 3.57% compared to BJ's Wholesale Club's net margin of 2.71%. BJ's Wholesale Club's return on equity of 35.41% beat Coupang's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coupang	3.57%	11.52%	3.12%
BJ's Wholesale Club	2.71%	35.41%	8.20%

Which has better valuation and earnings, CPNG or BJ?

Coupang has higher revenue and earnings than BJ's Wholesale Club. BJ's Wholesale Club is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coupang, 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
Coupang	$30.27B	1.41	$1.36B	$0.08	294.59
BJ's Wholesale Club	$20.50B	0.71	$523.74M	$4.00	27.70

Which has more risk & volatility, CPNG or BJ?

Coupang has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CPNG or BJ?

In the previous week, BJ's Wholesale Club had 3 more articles in the media than Coupang. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club and 26 mentions for Coupang. Coupang's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat BJ's Wholesale Club's score of 0.89 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coupang	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Wholesale Club	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPNG or BJ?

BJ's Wholesale Club received 201 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.97% of users gave BJ's Wholesale Club an outperform vote while only 50.68% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coupang	Outperform Votes 37 50.68%	Underperform Votes 36 49.32%
BJ's Wholesale Club	Outperform Votes 238 53.97%	Underperform Votes 203 46.03%

Do analysts prefer CPNG or BJ?

Coupang presently has a consensus price target of $29.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.76%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus price target of $108.71, suggesting a potential downside of 1.88%. Given Coupang's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Coupang is more favorable than BJ's Wholesale Club.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coupang	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
BJ's Wholesale Club	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Summary

Coupang beats BJ's Wholesale Club on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.