OLB Group (NASDAQ:OLB – Get Free Report) and Expedia Group (NASDAQ:EXPE – Get Free Report) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk and dividends.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
3.8% of OLB Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of Expedia Group shares are held by institutional investors. 60.2% of OLB Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.1% of Expedia Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for OLB Group and Expedia Group, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| OLB Group | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Expedia Group | 0 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 2.43 |
Profitability
This table compares OLB Group and Expedia Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| OLB Group | -92.68% | -208.53% | -71.73% |
| Expedia Group | 9.66% | 64.15% | 6.25% |
Risk and Volatility
OLB Group has a beta of 2.03, meaning that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expedia Group has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares OLB Group and Expedia Group”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| OLB Group | $9.64 million | 0.97 | -$11.23 million | ($3.56) | -0.30 |
| Expedia Group | $13.69 billion | 2.36 | $1.23 billion | $10.45 | 25.21 |
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 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.
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.
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