BKNG vs. GATX, VRRM, DESP, NFLX, EXPE, TRIP, FLWS, GRPN, PETS, and PRTS
Should you be buying Booking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booking include GATX (GATX), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Despegar.com (DESP), Netflix (NFLX), Expedia Group (EXPE), Tripadvisor (TRIP), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Groupon (GRPN), PetMed Express (PETS), and CarParts.com (PRTS).
Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Booking pays an annual dividend of $35.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Booking pays out 26.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GATX pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Booking has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Booking has a net margin of 21.81% compared to GATX's net margin of 17.64%. GATX's return on equity of 11.29% beat Booking's return on equity.
Booking currently has a consensus target price of $3,876.96, suggesting a potential upside of 2.66%. GATX has a consensus target price of $135.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.14%. Given Booking's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Booking is more favorable than GATX.
Booking received 1471 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.06% of users gave Booking an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.
92.4% of Booking shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Booking shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Booking had 6 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Booking and 5 mentions for GATX. Booking's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat GATX's score of 1.26 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Booking has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
Summary
Booking beats GATX on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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