Head to Head Comparison: Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY) and RideNow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW)

Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY) and RideNow Group (NASDAQ:RDNW) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Ocado Group has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RideNow Group has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Ocado Group and RideNow Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ocado Group	$1.55 billion	1.64	-$429.66 million	N/A	N/A
RideNow Group	$1.21 billion	0.11	-$78.60 million	($3.01)	-1.20

RideNow Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ocado Group.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

66.1% of RideNow Group shares are held by institutional investors. 54.7% of RideNow Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Ocado Group and RideNow Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ocado Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
RideNow Group	-9.87%	-101.83%	-4.77%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Ocado Group and RideNow Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ocado Group	0	0	0	0	0.00
RideNow Group	1	4	1	0	2.00

RideNow Group has a consensus price target of $4.50, suggesting a potential upside of 24.31%. Given RideNow Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe RideNow Group is more favorable than Ocado Group.

About Ocado Group

Ocado Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an online grocery retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Technology Solutions, Ocado Logistics, and Ocado Retail. It offers online grocery and general merchandise; and customer fulfillment centers and logistics services. The company is involved in the software and robotics platform business that provides the Ocado Smart Platform as a managed service, as well as offers Ocado Intelligent Automation that sells its technology to warehouse environments in non-grocery markets. In addition, the company provides online retail and automated storage and retrieval solutions for general merchandise to corporations. Ocado Group plc was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Hatfield, the United Kingdom.

About RideNow Group

RumbleOn, Inc. primarily operates as a powersports retailer in the United States. It operates in two segments, Powersports and Vehicle Transportation Services. The Powersports segment provides new and pre-owned motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, utility terrain or side-by-side vehicles, personal watercraft, snowmobiles, and other powersports products. It also offers parts, apparel, accessories, finance and insurance products and services, and aftermarket products, as well as repair and maintenance services. The Vehicle Transportation Services segment provides asset-light transportation brokerage services facilitating automobile transportation. The company was formerly known as Smart Server, Inc. and changed its name to RumbleOn, Inc. in February 2017. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Irving, Texas.