BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE:BJ – Get Free Report) and Maplebear (NASDAQ:CART – Get Free Report) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Risk and Volatility
BJ’s Wholesale Club has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Maplebear has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profitability
This table compares BJ’s Wholesale Club and Maplebear’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| BJ’s Wholesale Club | 2.64% | 27.40% | 7.69% |
| Maplebear | 11.97% | 20.19% | 14.13% |
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| BJ’s Wholesale Club | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2.45 |
| Maplebear | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2.67 |
BJ’s Wholesale Club presently has a consensus price target of $106.06, indicating a potential upside of 15.46%. Maplebear has a consensus price target of $57.17, indicating a potential upside of 32.58%. Given Maplebear’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Maplebear is more favorable than BJ’s Wholesale Club.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares BJ’s Wholesale Club and Maplebear”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| BJ’s Wholesale Club | $21.46 billion | 0.54 | $578.38 million | $4.57 | 20.10 |
| Maplebear | $3.74 billion | 2.67 | $447.00 million | $1.83 | 23.56 |
BJ’s Wholesale Club has higher revenue and earnings than Maplebear. BJ’s Wholesale Club is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Maplebear, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
98.6% of BJ’s Wholesale Club shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 63.1% of Maplebear shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of BJ’s Wholesale Club shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.0% of Maplebear shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Maplebear beats BJ’s Wholesale Club on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About BJ’s Wholesale Club
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. engages in the operation of membership warehouse clubs. Its product categories include grocery, household and pet, television and electronics, furniture, computer and tablets, patio and outdoor living, lawn and garden, baby and kids, toys, home, health and beauty, appliances, and jewelry. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.
About Maplebear
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Maplebear Inc., doing business as Instacart, engages in the provision of online grocery shopping services to households in North America. It sells and delivers grocery products, as well as pickup services through a mobile application and website. It also operates virtual convenience stores; and provides software-as-a-service solutions to retailers. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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