ASC vs. THG, AO, BOO, MRK, BWNG, ZAMZ, SOS, G4M, MADE, and MEAL
Should you be buying ASOS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ASOS include THG (THG), AO World (AO), boohoo group (BOO), Marks Electrical Group (MRK), N Brown Group (BWNG), Zamaz (ZAMZ), Sosandar (SOS), Gear4music (G4M), Made.com Group (MADE), and Parsley Box Group (MEAL). These companies are all part of the "internet retail" industry.
THG (LON:THG) and ASOS (LON:ASC) are both small-cap consumer cyclical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
ASOS received 950 more outperform votes than THG when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.86% of users gave ASOS an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave THG an outperform vote.
ASOS has higher revenue and earnings than THG. THG is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASOS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
THG presently has a consensus price target of GBX 71.60, indicating a potential downside of 4.72%. ASOS has a consensus price target of GBX 443.33, indicating a potential upside of 19.69%. Given THG's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ASOS is more favorable than THG.
In the previous week, THG had 2 more articles in the media than ASOS. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for THG and 2 mentions for ASOS. THG's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat ASOS's score of 0.11 indicating that ASOS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
THG has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ASOS has a beta of 2.7, meaning that its share price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ASOS has a net margin of -7.72% compared to ASOS's net margin of -12.14%. ASOS's return on equity of -21.38% beat THG's return on equity.
41.1% of THG shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.2% of ASOS shares are held by institutional investors. 35.0% of THG shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 50.4% of ASOS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ASOS beats THG on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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