Ocado Group (OTCMKTS:OCDDY – Get Free Report) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Ocado Group and Amazon.com”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Ocado Group | $1.81 billion | 1.08 | $531.74 million | N/A | N/A |
| Amazon.com | $716.92 billion | 3.51 | $77.67 billion | $8.36 | 28.02 |
Risk and Volatility
Ocado Group has a beta of 2.23, suggesting that its stock price is 123% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Ocado Group and Amazon.com, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Ocado Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Amazon.com | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 2.95 |
Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $312.78, indicating a potential upside of 33.53%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Ocado Group.
Profitability
This table compares Ocado Group and Amazon.com’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 |
| Amazon.com | 12.22% | 19.92% | 9.86% |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 8.9% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Ocado Group on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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 Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content. In addition, the company offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products in its stores; and programs that allow authors, independent publishers, musicians, filmmakers, Twitch streamers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, it provides compute, storage, database, analytics, machine learning, and other services, as well as advertising services through programs, such as sponsored ads, display, and video advertising. Additionally, the company offers Amazon Prime, a membership program. The company's products offered through its stores include merchandise and content purchased for resale and products offered by third-party sellers. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, content creators, advertisers, and employees. Amazon.com, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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