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 companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPNG or BJ?

Coupang has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BJ's Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.32, suggesting that its stock price is 68% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	$24.38B	1.83	$1.36B	$0.57	43.50
BJ's Wholesale Club	$19.97B	0.67	$523.74M	$4.16	24.38

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CPNG or BJ?

83.7% of Coupang shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.6% of BJ's Wholesale Club shares are held by institutional investors. 13.6% of Coupang 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CPNG or BJ?

In the previous week, BJ's Wholesale Club had 9 more articles in the media than Coupang. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for BJ's Wholesale Club and 15 mentions for Coupang. Coupang's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat BJ's Wholesale Club's score of 0.76 indicating that Coupang is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coupang	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BJ's Wholesale Club	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPNG or BJ?

BJ's Wholesale Club received 196 more outperform votes than Coupang when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.95% of users gave BJ's Wholesale Club an outperform vote while only 51.43% of users gave Coupang an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coupang	Outperform Votes 36 51.43%	Underperform Votes 34 48.57%
BJ's Wholesale Club	Outperform Votes 232 53.95%	Underperform Votes 198 46.05%

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%

Do analysts prefer CPNG or BJ?

Coupang currently has a consensus price target of $27.78, suggesting a potential upside of 12.03%. BJ's Wholesale Club has a consensus price target of $94.88, suggesting a potential downside of 6.46%. Given Coupang's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59

Summary

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