Wayfair (W) Competitors

Wayfair (NYSE:W) and Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in W or CHWY?

Wayfair received 550 more outperform votes than Chewy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.20% of users gave Wayfair an outperform vote while only 56.73% of users gave Chewy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Wayfair	Outperform Votes 828 61.20%	Underperform Votes 525 38.80%
Chewy	Outperform Votes 278 56.73%	Underperform Votes 212 43.27%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, W or CHWY?

Chewy has higher revenue and earnings than Wayfair. Wayfair is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chewy, 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
Wayfair	$11.85B	0.29	-$738M	-$4.02	-6.69
Chewy	$11.86B	1.21	$39.58M	$0.89	39.03

Which has more volatility & risk, W or CHWY?

Wayfair has a beta of 3.72, indicating that its share price is 272% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chewy has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate W or CHWY?

Wayfair presently has a consensus price target of $54.16, suggesting a potential upside of 101.26%. Chewy has a consensus price target of $38.47, suggesting a potential upside of 10.76%. Given Wayfair's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Wayfair is more favorable than Chewy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Wayfair	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Chewy	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74

Is W or CHWY more profitable?

Chewy has a net margin of 3.51% compared to Wayfair's net margin of -4.15%. Chewy's return on equity of 24.47% beat Wayfair's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Wayfair	-4.15%	N/A	-11.45%
Chewy	3.51%	24.47%	3.66%

Does the media refer more to W or CHWY?

In the previous week, Wayfair had 18 more articles in the media than Chewy. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Wayfair and 19 mentions for Chewy. Chewy's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Wayfair's score of 0.51 indicating that Chewy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Wayfair	12 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chewy	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in W or CHWY?

89.7% of Wayfair shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of Chewy shares are held by institutional investors. 23.5% of Wayfair shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chewy 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.

Summary

Chewy beats Wayfair on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.