BJ vs. CVNA, CPNG, CDW, BURL, CHWY, SFM, ACI, FND, MUSA, and GAP
Should you be buying BJ's Wholesale Club stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BJ's Wholesale Club include Carvana (CVNA), Coupang (CPNG), CDW (CDW), Burlington Stores (BURL), Chewy (CHWY), Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM), Albertsons Companies (ACI), Floor & Decor (FND), Murphy USA (MUSA), and GAP (GAP). These companies are all part of the "retail" industry.
BJ's Wholesale Club vs.
Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) and BJ's Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.
BJ's Wholesale Club has a net margin of 2.71% compared to Carvana's net margin of 0.14%. BJ's Wholesale Club's return on equity of 35.41% beat Carvana's return on equity.
Carvana has a beta of 3.38, indicating that its stock price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.32, indicating that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.
56.7% of Carvana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are held by institutional investors. 17.2% of Carvana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Carvana had 4 more articles in the media than BJ's Wholesale Club. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Carvana and 11 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club. BJ's Wholesale Club's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Carvana's score of 0.38 indicating that BJ's Wholesale Club is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Carvana presently has a consensus target price of $241.94, suggesting a potential upside of 4.89%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus target price of $94.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.83%. Given Carvana's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Carvana is more favorable than BJ's Wholesale Club.
BJ's Wholesale Club has higher revenue and earnings than Carvana. BJ's Wholesale Club is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Carvana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Carvana received 313 more outperform votes than BJ's Wholesale Club when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.75% of users gave Carvana an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave BJ's Wholesale Club an outperform vote.
Summary
BJ's Wholesale Club beats Carvana on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BJ) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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