Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN – Get Free Report) and Just Eat Takeaway.com (OTCMKTS:JTKWY – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Profitability
This table compares Amazon.com and Just Eat Takeaway.com’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Amazon.com | 12.22% | 19.92% | 9.86% |
| Just Eat Takeaway.com | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Institutional & Insider 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings and Valuation
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Amazon.com | $716.92 billion | 3.71 | $77.67 billion | $8.36 | 29.58 |
| Just Eat Takeaway.com | $3.86 billion | 1.06 | -$1.78 billion | N/A | N/A |
Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Amazon.com and Just Eat Takeaway.com, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Amazon.com | 0 | 3 | 57 | 0 | 2.95 |
| Just Eat Takeaway.com | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Amazon.com currently has a consensus price target of $312.76, suggesting a potential upside of 26.48%. Given Amazon.com’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than Just Eat Takeaway.com.
Volatility & Risk
Amazon.com has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Just Eat Takeaway.com has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Amazon.com beats Just Eat Takeaway.com on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
About Just Eat Takeaway.com
Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. operates as an online food delivery company worldwide. Its marketplace connects consumers and restaurants through its platforms. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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