Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE – Get Free Report) and OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and dividends.
Insider and Institutional Ownership
90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.8% of OLB Group shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 59.6% of OLB Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Profitability
This table compares Expedia Group and OLB Group’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% |
| OLB Group | -92.68% | -208.53% | -71.73% |
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Expedia Group | 0 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 2.45 |
| OLB Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
Expedia Group presently has a consensus price target of $265.31, indicating a potential upside of 3.93%. Given Expedia Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Expedia Group is more favorable than OLB Group.
Risk & Volatility
Expedia Group has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OLB Group has a beta of 2.11, suggesting that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Expedia Group and OLB Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Expedia Group | $14.37 billion | 2.18 | $1.23 billion | $10.45 | 24.43 |
| OLB Group | $12.84 million | 0.72 | -$11.23 million | ($3.56) | -0.30 |
Expedia Group has higher revenue and earnings than OLB Group. OLB Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Expedia Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Expedia Group beats OLB Group on 13 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 OLB Group
The OLB Group, Inc. is a diversified fintech e-commerce merchant services provider and Bitcoin crypto mining enterprise. The Company’s eCommerce platform delivers e-commerce services for a digital commerce solution to over 10,500 merchants in all 50 states. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, DMINT, Inc, is engaged in the mining of Bitcoin utilizing low carbon natural gas with over 1,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)-based S19j Pro 96T mining computers. www.olb.com and www.olb.com/investors-data.
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