CTRP vs. TJX, SBUX, CMG, MELI, CVS, TGT, ORLY, AZO, ROST, and JD
Should you be buying Ctrip.Com International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ctrip.Com International include TJX Companies (TJX), Starbucks (SBUX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), MercadoLibre (MELI), CVS Health (CVS), Target (TGT), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), AutoZone (AZO), Ross Stores (ROST), and JD.com (JD). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Ctrip.Com International (NASDAQ:CTRP) and TJX Companies (NYSE:TJX) 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 profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.
TJX Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Ctrip.Com International. TJX Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ctrip.Com International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ctrip.Com International has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TJX Companies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TJX Companies has a net margin of 8.47% compared to Ctrip.Com International's net margin of 5.79%. TJX Companies' return on equity of 64.26% beat Ctrip.Com International's return on equity.
In the previous week, TJX Companies had 34 more articles in the media than Ctrip.Com International. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for TJX Companies and 0 mentions for Ctrip.Com International. TJX Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Ctrip.Com International's score of 0.00 indicating that TJX Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TJX Companies has a consensus price target of $110.05, suggesting a potential upside of 6.61%. Given TJX Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TJX Companies is more favorable than Ctrip.Com International.
TJX Companies received 408 more outperform votes than Ctrip.Com International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave TJX Companies an outperform vote while only 71.42% of users gave Ctrip.Com International an outperform vote.
61.4% of Ctrip.Com International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.0% of Ctrip.Com International shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TJX Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
TJX Companies beats Ctrip.Com International on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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