BKNG vs. LOW, TJX, CMG, SBUX, MELI, TGT, CVS, PDD, MCD, and ORLY
Should you be buying Booking stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Booking include Lowe's Companies (LOW), TJX Companies (TJX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Starbucks (SBUX), MercadoLibre (MELI), Target (TGT), CVS Health (CVS), PDD (PDD), McDonald's (MCD), and O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
Lowe's Companies (NYSE:LOW) and Booking (NASDAQ:BKNG) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Lowe's Companies had 16 more articles in the media than Booking. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Lowe's Companies and 16 mentions for Booking. Lowe's Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Booking's score of 0.57 indicating that Booking is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Booking has a net margin of 21.81% compared to Booking's net margin of 8.94%. Booking's return on equity of -51.42% beat Lowe's Companies' return on equity.
Lowe's Companies has higher revenue and earnings than Booking. Lowe's Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Booking, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Lowe's Companies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Booking has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Lowe's Companies presently has a consensus price target of $252.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.79%. Booking has a consensus price target of $3,876.96, indicating a potential upside of 3.80%. Given Booking's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lowe's Companies is more favorable than Booking.
Booking received 329 more outperform votes than Lowe's Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.06% of users gave Booking an outperform vote while only 69.95% of users gave Lowe's Companies an outperform vote.
Lowe's Companies pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Booking pays an annual dividend of $35.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Lowe's Companies pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Booking pays out 26.2% 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. Lowe's Companies has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years. Lowe's Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
74.1% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Booking shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Lowe's Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Booking shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Booking beats Lowe's Companies on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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