Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) versus Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) Head-To-Head Survey

Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are both large-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.8% of Amazon.com shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Expedia Group and Amazon.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Expedia Group	7.94%	56.25%	5.56%
Amazon.com	10.54%	23.84%	11.14%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Expedia Group and Amazon.com”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Expedia Group	$14.02 billion	1.95	$1.23 billion	$8.16	27.02
Amazon.com	$637.96 billion	3.71	$59.25 billion	$6.56	33.87

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Expedia Group. Expedia Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Expedia Group and Amazon.com, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Expedia Group	1	17	11	3	2.50
Amazon.com	0	1	47	2	3.02

Expedia Group currently has a consensus price target of $207.77, suggesting a potential downside of 5.78%. Amazon.com has a consensus price target of $264.13, suggesting a potential upside of 18.89%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Expedia Group.

Volatility and Risk

Expedia Group has a beta of 1.57, indicating that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Amazon.com beats Expedia Group on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Expedia Group

Expedia Group, Inc. operates as an online travel company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through B2C, B2B, and trivago segments. Its B2C segment includes Brand Expedia, a full-service online travel brand offers various travel products and services; Hotels.com for lodging accommodations; Vrbo, an online marketplace for the alternative accommodations; Orbitz, Travelocity, Wotif Group, ebookers, CheapTickets, Hotwire.com and CarRentals.com. The company's B2B segment provides various travel and non-travel companies including airlines, offline travel agents, online retailers, corporate travel management, and financial institutions who leverage its travel technology and tap into its diverse supply to augment their offerings and market Expedia Group rates and availabilities to its travelers. Its trivago segment, a hotel metasearch website, which send referrals to online travel companies and travel service providers from hotel metasearch websites. In addition, the company provides brand advertising through online and offline channels, loyalty programs, mobile apps, and search engine marketing, as well as metasearch, social media, direct and personalized traveler communications on its websites, and through direct e-mail communication with its travelers. The company was formerly known as Expedia, Inc. and changed its name to Expedia Group, Inc. in March 2018. Expedia Group, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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.