EXPE vs. GATX, VRRM, TRIP, DESP, GRPN, FLWS, LIND, PETS, PRTS, and AMZN
Should you be buying Expedia Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expedia Group include GATX (GATX), Verra Mobility (VRRM), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Despegar.com (DESP), Groupon (GRPN), 1-800-FLOWERS.COM (FLWS), Lindblad Expeditions (LIND), PetMed Express (PETS), CarParts.com (PRTS), and Amazon.com (AMZN).
Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and GATX (NYSE:GATX) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Expedia Group had 1 more articles in the media than GATX. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Expedia Group and 5 mentions for GATX. GATX's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Expedia Group's score of 0.91 indicating that GATX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Expedia Group has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GATX has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.
90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of GATX shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of GATX shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Expedia Group presently has a consensus target price of $148.12, indicating a potential upside of 31.24%. GATX has a consensus target price of $135.00, indicating a potential downside of 2.15%. Given Expedia Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than GATX.
Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than GATX. GATX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Expedia Group pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GATX pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Expedia Group pays out 25.5% 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.
Expedia Group received 1067 more outperform votes than GATX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.39% of users gave Expedia Group an outperform vote while only 58.71% of users gave GATX an outperform vote.
GATX has a net margin of 17.64% compared to Expedia Group's net margin of 6.18%. Expedia Group's return on equity of 41.63% beat GATX's return on equity.
Summary
Expedia Group beats GATX on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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