Analyzing Global-e Online (GLBE) & Its Competitors

Global-e Online (NASDAQ:GLBE) is one of 142 public companies in the “Broadline Retail” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Global-e Online to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

94.6% of Global-e Online shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 44.5% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Global-e Online shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 23.6% of shares of all “Broadline Retail” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Global-e Online and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global-e Online	0	3	13	0	2.81
Global-e Online Competitors	1408	5412	10898	311	2.56

Global-e Online presently has a consensus target price of $48.08, indicating a potential upside of 13.77%. As a group, “Broadline Retail” companies have a potential upside of 19.63%. Given Global-e Online’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Global-e Online has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Global-e Online and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global-e Online	$1.11 billion	$68.27 million	49.15
Global-e Online Competitors	$24.86 billion	$1.71 billion	15.24

Global-e Online’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Global-e Online. Global-e Online is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility & Risk

Global-e Online has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global-e Online’s rivals have a beta of 1.74, meaning that their average stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Global-e Online and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global-e Online	13.87%	16.70%	11.39%
Global-e Online Competitors	-2.83%	-22.02%	-2.10%

Summary

Global-e Online beats its rivals on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

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.