Analyzing QVC Group (NASDAQ:QVCGA) and Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE)

Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) and QVC Group (NASDAQ:QVCGA) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.6% of Global-e Online shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of QVC Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Global-e Online shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 12.4% of QVC Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Global-e Online and QVC Group”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global-e Online	$962.20 million	6.24	$68.27 million	$0.37	95.65
QVC Group	$10.04 billion	0.00	-$1.29 billion	($460.35)	-0.01

Global-e Online has higher earnings, but lower revenue than QVC Group. QVC Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global-e Online, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Global-e Online and QVC Group, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global-e Online	1	1	10	1	2.85
QVC Group	1	0	0	0	1.00

Global-e Online presently has a consensus price target of $47.80, indicating a potential upside of 35.07%. Given Global-e Online’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Global-e Online is more favorable than QVC Group.

Volatility and Risk

Global-e Online has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, QVC Group has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Global-e Online and QVC Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global-e Online	7.10%	7.46%	5.31%
QVC Group	-38.83%	N/A	-15.22%

Summary

Global-e Online beats QVC Group on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Global-e Online

Global-E Online Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides a platform to enable and accelerate direct-to-consumer cross-border e-commerce in Israel, the United Kingdom, the United States, and internationally. Its platform enables international shoppers to buy online and merchants to sell from, and to, worldwide. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel.

About QVC Group

QVC Group, Inc. engages in the business of video and online commerce industries. It operates through the following segments: QxH, QVC International and CBI. The QxH segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in the U.S., primarily by means of its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through their websites and mobile applications. The QVC International segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in several foreign countries, primarily by means of its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through its international websites and mobile applications. The CBI segment consists of a portfolio of aspirational home and apparel brands in the U.S. that sell merchandise through brick-and-mortar retail locations as well as via the Internet through their websites. The company was founded on March 28, 1991 and is headquartered in Englewood, CO.